[svlug] Wireless?

[Karen Shaeffer]

On Tue, Jun 13, 2000 at 02:44:41AM -0700, Jeffrey B. Siegal wrote:
> 
> The Lucent WaveLAN/Apple Airport cards transmit 30mW.  The following
> site lists a range in feet (in open space) of between 500ft and 1750ft
> depending on speed:
> http://www.wavelan.com/products/productspecs.html?id=26
> 
> That's without any kind of external antenna.  Lucent offers both a 5db
> gain omnidirectional antenna specifically designed to attach to this
> card <http://www.wavelan.com/products/productdetail.html?id=10> as well
> as the various previously referenced outdoor directional and
> omnidirectional antennas up to 14db gain which require connector hacking
> but should work fine witht he card and would probably remain within the
> FCC limits.
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Sounds reasonable. That's cool stuff.

Thanks.
-- 
 Karen Shaeffer
 Neuralscape; Santa Cruz, Ca. 95060
 shaeffer at neuralscape.com  http://www.neuralscape.com