Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 11:50:43 -0800 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Duncan Barclay <dmlb@dmlb.org> Cc: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net>, mobile@FreeBSD.ORG, Assar Westerlund <assar@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Lucent Wavelan and 4.2 works like a charm. Message-ID: <20010105115043.H23398@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.010105104010.dmlb@computer.my.domain>; from dmlb@dmlb.org on Fri, Jan 05, 2001 at 10:40:10AM -0000 References: <200101042033.f04KXVJ17907@ptavv.es.net> <XFMail.010105104010.dmlb@computer.my.domain>
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On Fri, Jan 05, 2001 at 10:40:10AM -0000, Duncan Barclay wrote: > This is not true. Ad-hoc mode is part of the 802.11 standard and IMO is > more useful for a home network than the added expense of an access point. > Ad-hoc mode will not be removed from 802.11 as it represents a valuable > part of the LAN configuration. With current pricing trends, I think this is becoming less and less true. With the the D-Link access points running as low as $234 on shopper.com the price difference between an access point and a PCI card is rapidly approching 0. Ad-hoc is still important, but frankly it's not very useful for most situations. -- Brooks -- Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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