On 3/18/07, DJA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
CompUSA is closing all (or most?)
All of their Southern California stores, among others, according to the newspape reports.
I also picked up two D-Link DWL-G730AP Pocket Router/AP's. Cool little device: it can be used as either an AP client (i.e. wireless card), Access Point, or wireless router/firewall (including SPI). There's a slide switch on the bottom to select the modes. It's a B/G device. It's really a bridging device (I guess) as it connects to the host PC (or switch, cable/DSL modem, etc.) via Ethernet cable. Power is from a wall wart about the size of a typical cell phone charger. Better yet, it includes a short (~6") adapter cable to power it from a USB port. Also includes a nice little ditty bag case - in fact, it's packed in it. The docs are a bit sketchy - it took me a while to get it to work as a wireless card: it includes the usual Weblet interface for configuration. It's at 192.168.0.30 by default. I couldn't get it to talk to my 192.168.7.0 LAN because. Once I figured out that I needed to enable DHCP on the device (who'd figure you need to have DHCP running on a wireless client?) it worked fine. I've also used it in the AP mode, but have yet to try the router/firewall mode. The whole thing it relatively tiny. Not much bigger than a Cardbus Wifi adapter - certainly small enough to fit in a shirt pocket. I'm more interested in this as an AP than as either a router or AP client. My wife does consulting four days a month at UCP where they have a wired network, but no way for me to conveniently attach my laptop - the old stringing a wire across the room problem. With this really small AP, I can just plug it into their hub and I'm good to go. The discounted Compusa price is $34 + tax. The store in Kearny Mesa had several as of yesterday. The La Mesa store had several as of Thursday.
Thanks for the direct eyes-on report. Their web page claimed that there were none in stock anywhere as of last night. If this works, you might get a $30 rebate: < http://image.compusa.com/pdfs/0028506.pdf > carl -- carl lowenstein marine physical lab u.c. san diego [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
