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From: Andrew Wyllie <wyllie@dilex.net>
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Hi Rasputin,

I bought the Orinoco (Lucent WaveLAN cards - the "Gold" version ).
I used an old 486/100 with 16MB ram and a 500MB drive and this paper:

	http://www.live.com/wireless/unix-base-station.html

It works great.   My base station is in the basement and I can use it
from all over the house and part way down the street ( the cards say
they work up to 1700 feet - outside ).  


have fun
andrew



On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, Rasputin wrote:

> That's plan of the month;
> fit a cablemodem-connected BSD box with a wireless NIC and 
> run it as a gateway for iBooks.
> 
> I know nothing about wireless networking, just thought it would be cool.
> Are there any gotchas with regard to the clients (iBook, maybe a Vaio)?
> 
> And what NICs would people recommend?
> (Range required is < 50 ft if that matters;
> BSD box is upstairs, I'll be in the
> garden with a beer..)
> 
> Thanks a lot.
> 
> -- 
> Rasputin 
> Jack of All Trades :: Master of Nuns
> 
> 
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