Date: Tue, 10 Jun 1997 22:22:32 -0600 (MDT) From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Bernie Doehner <bad@uhf.wireless.net> Cc: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, "Tom T. Thai" <tomthai@future.net>, "Yury V. Savin" <msav@kari.ru>, freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wavelan ISA Card??? Message-ID: <199706110422.WAA02667@rocky.mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970611001708.511B-100000@uhf.wdc.net> References: <199706110407.WAA02557@rocky.mt.sri.com> <Pine.BSF.3.95.970611001708.511B-100000@uhf.wdc.net>
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> > How does the AT&T Wavelan stuff work? The Xircom stuff has a 'base > > station' that you stick on your ethernet segment that broadcasts data > > to/from the machines with Xircom cards in them. Is the WaveLAN stuff at > > all like that? > > > It's like an ethernet card. If you want connectivity to a backbone you > install either a access point (mucho $$$), or a FreeBSD box with one > Wavelan and one ethernet card and route between them. How much is an access point? (The $950 I mentioned earlier for the NetWave setup was the access point, since it connected to our local ethernet.) Before I prattle on indefinitely, does anyone have a WWW site I could head for that might have answers to these sorts of questions? (Most commercial sites are long on marketing and short on data.) Natehome | help
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