From owner-freebsd-mobile Mon Apr 30 11:45:43 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from msgbas1t.cos.agilent.com (msgbas1tx.cos.agilent.com [192.6.9.34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38BCE37B424 for ; Mon, 30 Apr 2001 11:45:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from darrylo@soco.agilent.com) Received: from msgrel1.and.agilent.com (msgrel1.and.agilent.com [130.30.33.104]) by msgbas1t.cos.agilent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B74D623B; Mon, 30 Apr 2001 12:45:39 -0600 (MDT) Received: from mina.soco.agilent.com (mina.soco.agilent.com [141.121.54.157]) by msgrel1.and.agilent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B022DB; Mon, 30 Apr 2001 14:45:38 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mina.soco.agilent.com (darrylo@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mina.soco.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_22672)/8.9.3 SMKit7.1.1_Agilent) with ESMTP id LAA10978; Mon, 30 Apr 2001 11:45:37 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200104301845.LAA10978@mina.soco.agilent.com> To: Michael DuFresne Cc: David Wolfskill , freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: 802.11b access points and ranges [ Was: Dell Inspiron 2500 and what 802.11b ] Reply-To: Darryl Okahata In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 30 Apr 2001 10:54:18 PDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by tm-edit 1.6) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 11:45:36 -0700 From: Darryl Okahata Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Michael DuFresne wrote: > I was considering the Linksys WAP11, but I recall reading that the > configure options aren't password protected. This seems like a pretty > serious flaw to me. Too bad, as the WAP11 was pretty cheap. There are other 802.11b access points at or near the same price point (in the US, at least). Going off on a slight tangent: what kind of ranges are people seeing with "consumer quality" 802.11b? When I had a FreeBSD ad-hoc setup using Lucent Orinoco (WaveLan) Gold cards, I was seeing a max distance of around 20-30 feet (direct distance, through walls/floors, 2-story home environment, no external antennas). I recently got rid of my FreeBSD gateway and bought a cheap access point (Buffalo), and am seeing similar max distances. While wireless is great, a max distance of 20-30 feet isn't much (keep in mind that a house is an obstacle-rich environment). -- Darryl Okahata darrylo@soco.agilent.com DISCLAIMER: this message is the author's personal opinion and does not constitute the support, opinion, or policy of Agilent Technologies, or of the little green men that have been following him all day. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message