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Date:      Sat, 09 Dec 2000 11:40:07 -0700
From:      Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
To:        Christopher Masto <chris@netmonger.net>
Cc:        Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, Charlie Root <eculp@MexComUSA.Net>, Doug Ambrisko <ambrisko@whistle.com>, Sascha Luck <sascha@genesiseurope.net>, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Lucent Orinoco Gold PCCard? 
Message-ID:  <200012091840.LAA24454@harmony.village.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 09 Dec 2000 13:40:51 EST." <20001209134051.A391@netmonger.net> 
References:  <20001209134051.A391@netmonger.net>  <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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In message <20001209134051.A391@netmonger.net> Christopher Masto writes:
: > 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.

It depends on the 10' :-)

My laptop roams between 3' and 75' of my closest outlet.  Usually
5-10'.

Patch cables are cheaper and faster (when was the last time you got
100Mbps over wireless?).  Wireless cards are easier to expand the net
with and easier to take to a slightly different place :-)

Warner
-- 
Seen on the door of an egineer at sun: "We're the dot in vm.core"


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