Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 07:56:33 -0800 From: Darryl Okahata <darrylo@soco.agilent.com> To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Lucent Orinoco Gold PCCard? Message-ID: <200012081556.HAA26344@mina.soco.agilent.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 07 Dec 2000 15:20:26 PST." <3A301B3A.BAE367AA@sftw.com>
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Nick Sayer <nsayer@sftw.com> wrote:
> Christopher Masto wrote:
>
> > I am told that the Apple "AirPort Base Station", which is $399, works
> > well and can be configured with the Java-based thing in the ports
> > collection. I am further told that the Lucent/ORiNOCO RG-1000 base
> > station is virtually identical, although more expensive and somehow
> > inferior, although I don't understand the exact inferiorities.
>
> It is inferior in two ways:
Also, there are other alternatives to the AirPort (which is closer
to $299 than $399). One is the Buffalo AirStation (around $280-$340,
depending on options -- see
http://www.melcoinc.com/english/network/air.html). Other, cheaper,
access points have been mentioned here in earlier messages. The
AirStation is sold in the US by TechWorks (http://www.techworks.com)
among possibly others.
I've got an AirStation, and it's not bad. Like most access points,
it has only 40-bit encryption, though. It's configurable via a web
browser, using password-protected web pages. However, because of this,
the configuration needs to be done via a secure, wired lan, as the web
passwords are transmitted in plain text.
--
Darryl Okahata
darrylo@soco.agilent.com
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