Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 21:23:48 -0400 (EDT) From: spork <spork@super-g.com> To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> Cc: Guido van Rooij <guido@gvr.org>, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: wireless lan solutions Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9809202122580.8786-100000@super-g.inch.com> In-Reply-To: <199809201902.NAA11599@harmony.village.org>
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Might you have a URL for the product in question? Sounds really nice... I've been putting off dragging a line to the living room... --- Charles Sprickman spork@super-g.com On Sun, 20 Sep 1998, Warner Losh wrote: > In message <19980919233426.A10023@gvr.org> Guido van Rooij writes: > : I am thinking of buying a wireless lan setup for my home. It will serve > : 2-3 laptops at most. I am wondering if anyone can give me some suggestions > : on prices/technology. > > If you are willing to wait a little while for me to finish the driver > that I'm working on for some older IBM gear, you can get wireless for > $25-$30/end. That's the going price for the IBM LAN Entry cards. > Drivers already available for Win95/98. The speed on these isn't > great (like 150kbps), but for most things they are just what the > doctor ordered. And some people have enven used them for point to > point jumps of up to 14km with special antennas. They are rated at 50 > users per net, but most people seem to think that they break down at > closer to 15-20. > > We have wavelan drivers in the kernel now, or in PAO, that are > supported and do seem to work. Last time I checked on prices here, > they were in the $500/end range. And I think you needed a base > station as well. > > Most "modern" mobile stuff starts in the $400/end range, with $1500+ > hub. > > Warner > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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