If you have it set up for public access, they could. One thing to note,
the Airport does puts a limit on the number of users it will allow in at
one time.
Jerry
On Thursday, November 7, 2002, at 10:21 PM, Anne Cartwright wrote:
> Would people within ten miles of your AirPort be able to use your base
> station? This brings new meaning to warchalking.
>
> Anne
>
>
> On Thursday, November 7, 2002, at 07:08 PM, Jerry Yeager wrote:
>
>> There are a couple of articles on the 'net that deal with the pesky
>> range problem for wi-fi computers (Airport and similar 802.11b
>> wireless). They are 'how-tos' for extending the range of the wireless
>> connections up to 10 miles, (which is an incredible leap over the 150
>> feet that Apple lets you use. The cost is around $10, (based on using
>> a Pringles can --- yes, you read that right.
>>
>> Though I have not built one yet, the science is valid and the
>> engineering is good and these should work.
>>
>> The drawbacks to this are twofold:
>>
>> 1) You could blow up your transmitter if you get in a hurry during the
>> construction.
>> 2) The FCC really, really does not like things like this and could ask
>> you to take it down, as it could interfere with community based wi-fi
>> systems.
>>
>> http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/448
>>
>> http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/howto/story/0,24330,3406172,00.html
>>
>>
>> Jerry
>>
>>
>> The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be November 26
>> For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of
>> activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
>>
>>
>
>
> The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be November 26
> For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of
> activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
>
>
>
>
The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be November 26
For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of
activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
