I read this. I've got to try to bridge two buildings and am considering
wireless, as the feed to the internet is a T1, so 2 to 4mbs is good
enough.
Are there any units that act stand alone as senders/receivers so that
you just connect the hubs in and go, without having to plug in wireless
network cards? in other words, the following connection setup:
pc-------hub-----wireless >>>>aether<<<< wireless----hub-----pc
thanks!
bug
On Sat, 27 Jan 2001, Stephen Carville wrote:
> On Sat, 27 Jan 2001, Ken Thompson wrote:
>
> - Just out of curiosity, why settle for 11Mbps network and pay that much for it?
> - LinkSys makes a network kit for $59.99 that includes 2 NIC's, 2 Cables and a
> - hub and is a 10/100Mbps network.
>
> Wireless is nice for laptops. I am considering a wireless hub because I
> like the idea of taking my laptop outside onto the patio in nice weather.
> I may have to work at home but that doesn't mean I have to be cooped up in
> the den all the time. Also wireless provides considerable flexibility
> over wire in installing a LAN thru an entire house. If you have ever had
> to pull cable thru an attic you will appreciate that.
>
> It is not nearly as robust as cat 5. In offices I have put wireless in
> (Aironet) the 11 Mbps links sometimes only gave 2-4 Mbps. However, unless
> you do massive file transfers over the LAN, that is plenty. I only have a
> 384K DSL line for Internet access, 11 Mbps (or 2 Mbps for that matter) is
> enough for surfing and telecommuting.
>
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