Richard, thanks. That's what I wanted to know. I'm just not clear on what
I'd need for my PC, whether I'd need to go to DSL or cable, or if I could
plug the thingy into the PC with dial-up and make it my base. I guess with
the airports, I could just have the thingy plugged into my BN and then use
their thingy. (Hmmm, why does all this talk about thingies sound
nasty. <lol>) Thanks for the explanation. Depending on what's involved
in getting wireless connectivity for my home unit, I may or may not use it,
and depending on how much a wireless card or whatever it's called costs, I
may not even want to fork over the money for the rare airport or hotel
connection I might want to make. But I'd love to hear more from those who
do it, because it does sound wonderful. <smile>
Peggy
At 05:13 PM 7/4/2004 +1200, you wrote:
Peggy,
What wireless is, it's kind of like having a little radio type thingy in
your braillenote or pda or laptop or whatever.
Your using your cell phone is something like wireless, but in true
wireless, you don't need the cell phone.
You use a card, which looks just like a conpact flash card, except that it
has a little box thing at one end with an antana on it that looks like a
little piece of insulated wire.
You also have another thingy attached to your pc or whatever you are using
us your, I guess you could call it your base.
Anyway, you connect inserting your wireless card into the bn in this case
and then you can connect to the web or get email or whatever
Many airports, hotels, etc have wireless connectivity, which means that
all you have to do is connect to their server or base or whatever they
call it and then you can get your email or surf the web or whatever.
The advantages of wireless is that you don't have a whole bunch of cables
to worry about and you can, for example, sit out on your patio and do
whatever you want to do online.
I think there are actually several ways you can connect wirelessly, but as
I have never used it yet, I don't know all the are and outs.
I do know that wireless has been unsecure, meaning that anyone with a
laptop or pda could cruise by and using wireless detection programs, tune
in to your "conversation."
>From what I can understand, this is starting to change, hence all the
talk of 100 and g and all that.
If I've left anything out, or if I got something wrong, please someone,
correct me.
As I said, I personally haven't used it yet.
Maybe now with the new update or the new bn pk, there will be a point
where I can use it.
While we are on the topic of connectivity, will the new pk still have a
way to connect via modem cord Jonathan?
Hope all this helps and is not too far off topic
Richard
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Peggy Kern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [email protected]
>Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 22:29:52 -0700
>Subject: [Braillenote] Wireless connecting
>Hi, guys. I don't understand this wireless connectivity that the upgraded
>BN will have. I'm still doing the dial-up thing, so the only time I'm
>wireless is when I'm using my cell phone. Would this wireless thing be
>something I could use, say at an airport or someplace, or would that only
>be for people who have dsl or whatever? I don't really understand all
>these things and the discussion about what kinds of cards or connections
>are secure or insecure, all this G connection, etc. I'd like to learn more
>about this if it would be something I could use when I upgrade my BN.
>Peggy
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