From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sam Ducksworth To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] Wireless lan cards for the bitsy. In-Reply-To: <200106121541.LAA14730@augusta.math.psu.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 10:08:08 -0700 Topicbox-Message-UUID: b6aca05c-eac9-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 -------- > >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