Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 13:02:23 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> To: Guido van Rooij <guido@gvr.org> Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: wireless lan solutions Message-ID: <199809201902.NAA11599@harmony.village.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 19 Sep 1998 23:34:26 %2B0200." <19980919233426.A10023@gvr.org> References: <19980919233426.A10023@gvr.org>
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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
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