Aloha Rick, Based on my experience, for "cheap, easy, and reliable" I would suggest using a combination wireless access point/router/switch for the server-side. If you use an external antenna you can greatly increase the range of the wireless network.
Steven B. Tomlinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pacific Telehealth and Technology Hui www.PacificHui.org > -----Original Message----- > From: Frederick D. S. Marshall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 12:39 PM > To: Hardhats > Subject: [Hardhats-members] Advice for a Mobile Network > > > Dear Hardhats, > > I am looking for network guidance for a friend. He is purchasing five > Dell laptops to be used as a mobile VistA demonstration. One > would be a > VistA server, the other four would be workstations running > CPRS Chart. > The goal is to set them up with some kind of wireless network > that keeps > them in a stable network with each other as long as they are > kept close > together. As a group, they would travel widely, being set up > from place > to place to demo VistA. I think we are talking about VistA on GT.M on > Linux. > > I know Orinoco network cards work well with Linux--I'm using one right > now--but what's the best way to get them talking together reliably? > Should he get a separate wireless network hub for them to patch into > together, or can the server be made somehow to serve as the hub? > > I'm looking for the usual VistA combo of cheap, easy, and > reliable. How > would you solve this? > > Yours truly, > Rick Marshall > WorldVistA > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: > Sybase ASE Linux Express Edition - download now for FREE > LinuxWorld Reader's Choice Award Winner for best database on Linux. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5588&alloc_id=12065&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members >
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