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From: Sam Ducksworth <sam@ducksworth.com>
To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Wireless lan cards for the bitsy.
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 10:08:08 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0106120945280.71571-100000@lucifer.ducksworth.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200106121541.LAA14730@augusta.math.psu.edu>


----<snip>----

> >We're using the ORiNOCO access point with 2 card slots; I'm not
> >sure of the exact model number but our systems guys tell me that
> >there's only one with 2 slots, and when I looked at it a few
> >minutes ago it said, ``WaveACCESS Central Office Router'' on it.
>
> There are three key ORiNOCO products, AFAIK:
>
>         - RG1000        Residential Gateway, one slot, *external* LAN
>         - AP1000        LAN gateway, two slots & one local LAN
>         - AP500         LAN gateway, one slot & one local LAN
>
> The RG1000 is aimed at having *no* local wiring, and thus provides all
> the gateway capabilities one might want at the *edge* of a home or small
> business LAN - as long as the local LAN is entirely wireless.  I'm using
> the AP-1000, with a separate Linksys Etherswitch for my gateway to the
> outside world.  My LAN has a mix of wired and wireless segments.

After looking over all of the options it think the AP500 and
Wavelan Gold combo looks like the best solution for the money.
thanks for the info.

--sam



  reply	other threads:[~2001-06-12 17:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-06-11 14:57 [9fans] old NEC Versa S/50 useful? presotto
2001-06-11 15:46 ` Dan Cross
2001-06-11 16:55 ` [9fans] Wireless lan cards for the bitsy Sam Ducksworth
2001-06-11 17:33   ` Dan Cross
2001-06-11 20:56     ` Sam Ducksworth
2001-06-12  1:23       ` David P. Boswell
2001-06-12 14:44       ` Dan Cross
2001-06-12 15:41         ` Dan Cross
2001-06-12 17:08           ` Sam Ducksworth [this message]
2001-06-11 19:38 presotto
2001-06-11 20:57 ` Sam Ducksworth
2001-06-12  6:12 F.J.Ballesteros
2001-06-12  6:28 nigel
2001-06-12 14:31 ` Dan Cross
2001-06-12 18:39   ` Boyd Roberts
2001-06-12 14:40 presotto

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