On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, "Chad R. Henry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I know it's been asked before, but I can't find the answer in the
> archives.
>
> I've got a friend who wants to set his laptop up for wireless at
> home, any ideas on an inexpensive wireless solution? The prices
> on base stations are outrageously high.
Last winter I set up wireless between my laptop and a desktop for about
$150 total (that is, $75 per wireless NIC). Desktop acts as router to
LAN and internet. This is 2Mb/s Webgear Aviator 2.4 (www.webgear.com).
The 11 Mb/s (e.g. Zoom) wireless NIC's seem to be going for about $160
per NIC. So about $320 to network his laptop via 11 Mb/s wireless.
Base stations are not needed. Set up a "adhoc network". Try to get
802.11 compliant cards rather than proprietary protocols.
Some links I have at hand (the first is very good):
http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/
http://www.linux-wlan.com/
http://world.std.com/~corey/raylink.html (webgear driver)
http://www.wlana.com/ (802.11)
Feel free to ask if you or your friend have question.
Karl Runge
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