Apple Airport Extreme base stations come in various flavours (from
oldest to newest):
1. 802.11b with Ethernet hole and dial-up modem
2. 802.11g with Eth, dial-up, and *print server*
3. 802.11g with Eth, and print server
4. 802.11n with Eth, print server or file server (plug in a USB
hard-drive)
My father is using the 802.11b variant successfully on their farm, but
it ain't trying to dial up over a radio link! Good luck.
On TradeMe, the b variant gets about $130-150, and the g variant
(without the modem) is getting about $220. Variants with the modem come
up less commonly. The n variant is about US$180 on froogle, but expect
to be bled dry in Kiwi Land.
> From: chris bayley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, 15 February 2007 3:18 p.m.
> To: CLUG (E-mail)
> Subject: Wifi access to dial-up
>
>
> I am just thinking about some wifi solutions for my father who lives in a
> rural setting and is limited to dial-up access to his ISP. He wants to have
> wifi internet access around the farmhouse but the only connection point is
> via dial-up over a radio linked telephone - way slow!.
> 1/ Of course first reaction would be to put in an ipcop type box with
> a modem and a wifi card - would work well but the box is kind of large for
> the location of the phone point -- the hallway
> 2/ Move the phone socket. - The walls are all concrete block!
> 3/ I found this device which looks kind of cool, if not a little
> pricey / hard to source in NZ:
> http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?contentid=5647, but it seems to have
> the required functionality
>
> Any other other neat ideas floating around - perhaps some linux device with
> the required interfaces attached ie. nslu2 w/ usb modem & wifi ?
>
> Chris
>
>
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