Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 21:47:38 -0600 From: "Alex Huppenthal" <alex@aspenworks.com> To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Jo=E3o_Pagaime?= <jpsp@fccn.pt>, "Brian" <bri@sonicboom.org>, "FreeBSD Mailing List" <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Wireless LAN Message-ID: <004601c0ef04$991f0af0$6f00a8c0@d7k> References: <NEBBJFIIGKGLPEBIJACLKEBADOAA.dave@sai.co.za> <20010606092030.B2219@superhero.org> <00cb01c0ee93$f48da2a0$3324200a@sonicboom.org> <20010606095052.B2449@superhero.org> <010101c0ee98$57dcc620$3324200a@sonicboom.org> <020a01c0ee9d$9cfb1270$dc0788c1@jpsp>
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I used FH gear at my home office. I switched to 100 BT switched ethernet. It's just more practical if you are doing development, sharing files, transferring large images, etc. I've tried DSS / 11 Mbit gear and found it's very nice for those applications, but that was *after* I'd already installed 100 BT around the house. I have a wireless DSS uplink at 500 Kbits, and that works fine. RF is not a perfect science, reboots, temporary interference, etc. all contribute to temporary interruptions. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joćo Pagaime" <jpsp@fccn.pt> To: "Brian" <bri@sonicboom.org>; "FreeBSD Mailing List" <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 9:30 AM Subject: Re: Wireless LAN > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brian" <bri@sonicboom.org> > To: "FreeBSD Mailing List" <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 3:52 PM > Subject: Re: Wireless LAN > > > > ok, I've been thinking of doing something like this, to keep cat-5 out > of my > > living room. At first glance, it appears the Orinico products do > 11mbps, > > whereas the Intel products do 1.6mbps. This is quite a difference. > > We have a couple of ORINOCO bridges [1], joining 2 ethernet segments, > installed with line-of-sight of about 10-20 meters, that have 11Mbps > nominal throughput, but actually we never could get more than 4/5 Mbps > (sustained TCP throughput measured with ttcp). This could be a serious > problem with some applications. > > Also, some times, the link goes down (I would say once every couple > of months), and we have to reboot both bridges. > > --jp > > > > > Bri > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Erich Zigler" <erichz@superhero.org> > > To: "FreeBSD Mailing List" <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 7:50 AM > > Subject: Re: Wireless LAN > > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 07:21:14AM -0700, Brian wrote: > > > > > > > You really want www.orinocowireless.com, not www.orinoco.com, > unless > > you'd > > > > rather have cigars than wireless. > > > > > > Yeah, that could make for an interesting PR. > > > > > > -- > > > Erich Zigler > > > > > > Debating unix flavors in the context of anything Microsoft is like > talking > > > about which ice cream flavor tastes least like sawdust with > turpentine > > > sauce. -- void > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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