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From: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net>
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> > On another topic, has anyone had a look at wireless networking? I'm
> > about to install the IBM 'lan entry' system & would like to hear the
> > horror stories before I start.
> 
> I use Xircom wireless ethernet and love it.  The company has an office
> about 100 meters long and I use 2 wall mounted transceivers to cover the
> whole thing.  Speed is only 2-3Mbps, but my T-1 is only 1.5Mbps so the
> Xircom is great!  Only Xircom has this tiny antenna that pokes out of
> the laptop about 1cm.  Great.  If there were only FreeBSD drivers!
> (how can I help make that a reality?)

Contact Xircom and get the programming information on their cards.  In
the past they've refused to release this information.  Once you have
that, write a driver!


Nate