Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2000 13:40:51 -0500 From: Christopher Masto <chris@netmonger.net> To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> Cc: Charlie Root <eculp@MexComUSA.Net>, Doug Ambrisko <ambrisko@whistle.com>, Warner Losh <imp@village.org>, Sascha Luck <sascha@genesiseurope.net>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Lucent Orinoco Gold PCCard? Message-ID: <20001209134051.A391@netmonger.net> In-Reply-To: <3A32757D.20B44C64@softweyr.com>; from wes@softweyr.com on Sat, Dec 09, 2000 at 11:10:05AM -0700 References: <200012052105.NAA19124@whistle.com> <3A2F02BB.2882A98A@MexComUSA.Net> <20001207175530.A23355@netmonger.net> <3A31CFC4.281CBCE2@softweyr.com> <20001209012429.A673@netmonger.net> <3A32757D.20B44C64@softweyr.com>
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On Sat, Dec 09, 2000 at 11:10:05AM -0700, Wes Peters wrote: > > > They're the same thing in different cases, it's hard to see how one can > > > be superior in any way other than price. > > > > "The most stupid thing was that you couldn't set its network name to > > anything other than its serial number because on bootup, it copies its > > serial number over the first five bytes of the network name. It also > > can't be fully configured without the Windows software -- which is a > > bit misleading for me to say because even with the Windows software, > > you can only set it up to use the modem or provide NAT routing via > > Ethernet, and not set it up to do bridging." > > The "Windows software" is actually a Java applet that I saw running on > FreeBSD at BSDCon. Don't believe everything you read, try to verify it > first. I got that quote by asking a friend of mine who owns both products. > If you're only 10 feet from the base, save several hundred dollars and buy > a 4 meter patch cable. Thanks, that hadn't occurred to me. -- Christopher Masto Senior Network Monkey NetMonger Communications chris@netmonger.net info@netmonger.net http://www.netmonger.net Free yourself, free your machine, free the daemon -- http://www.freebsd.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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