Dear list reader, Is WiFi for Mac too? Let us fellow readers know if you are hard-core enough to try your Mac on this media sensation - the WiFi (is this Airport translated into a non-Apple name for PC users so they can claim it as their own?). Please let us all know if this is happening in your area. Article from: http://au.dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/20010817/nbtech/997990620-2617770002.html *** WiFi Spawns Free Net Access "Wireless communities, based on the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) standard 802.11b, are springing up in cities around the U.S. and abroad... This guerilla networking movement costs little to set up and provides high-bandwidth wireless Internet access to anyone in the immediate area with a laptop or personal digital assistant (PDA).. Specifications for 802.11b of WiFi apply to wireless Ethernet LANs, operating at the 2.4 GHz region of the radio spectrum at 5.5 Mbps or 11 Mbps... Several wireless neighborhoods have been established in Portland in hopes of growing into a network. "We hope to eventually connect them all into one big wireless community, with a common captive portal to manage addresses and Internet access," Shand's group said on its Web site, personaltelco.net. "But for now, we just want to encourage people to become part of a wireless neighborhood." PLEASE DISCUSS! ** Have YOU found a local setup near you? a) Is this essentially an Airport network, and (therefore) an example of a Mac-first technology becoming a mainstream, popular network technology? b) WILL this influence your future decision(s) on whether to get your next Mac with the airport card? c) HAVE you used your airport card to tap into a grassroots network, offered free of charge? What was your experience? Did you appreciate the effort of the organiser ? This looks like a great idea for the PC industry (particularly Apple users) in terms of notebook sales - maybe even giving a 'napster-effect' to bolster use a la CD writer sales in '99-01. If you have a similar free wireless network nearby, promote it to Mac portable users, please. Give your fellow tech buyer a reason to update their notebook or PDA! Love Ben ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie ---------- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. FAQ at <http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/DuoListFAQ.shtml> Be sure to visit Mac2400! <http://www.sineware.com/mac2400> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Need help from a real person? Try. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---------- Dr. Bott | 10/100 Ethernet for your 2400 is finally here! MPC-100 | <http://www.drbott.com/prod/mpc100.html> NineWire | If they are cool enough to host this list... Digital Solutions | ...you should check them out! http://www.NineWire.com/ Midwest Mac Parts ][ <http://www.midwestmac.com> After-market parts for Macs. ][ 888-356-1104 ][ MacResQ Specials: LaCie SCSI CDR From $99! PowerBook 3400/200 Only $879! Norton AntiVirus 6 Only $19! We Stock PARTS! <http://www.macresq.com>
