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Date:      Wed, 5 Jul 2000 09:58:47 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Rick Hamell <hamellr@aracnet.com>
To:        Doug Barton <DougB@gorean.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Wireless Laptop NICs
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.21.0007050947010.7019-100000@shell1.aracnet.com>
In-Reply-To: <39635EC5.9D8226B@gorean.org>

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> >  At this point my only other option is Packet Radio, but I'd
> > need to get a ham licence for that unless I can figure out how to run it
> > in the citizen bands. :) Has anybody done this?
> 
> 	If you mean the CB radio bands, that would be a violoation of their
> parameters. There's lots of hams doing packet radio with freebsd though,
> just check the archives. 

	Well, by Citizen bands I meant 900Mhz, and the 2.3ghz (?) range,
which can both be broadcast in without a licence. I'm probally looking at
the 2.3 gig range because I want to be able to connect 20-30 miles
away. With out several transmitters and repeater stations, the 900mhz
range won't do that. The problem with the packet radio is that it's
limited to 9600 buad, *IF* that. Telnet would be fine, but any kind of
file transfers will be pretty slow. Now, if anyone has a TNC for sale
fairly cheap, I might be interested in seeing how that works. :)



						Rick



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