>Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 09:14:37 +0000 (GMT) >Subject: Re: [scottish] Wireless Networking
> > I have used the Aironet kit, which is not terribly cheap, it's > about mid-range. What Sortof price is the kit? I think what i'm needing is 2 Wireless Netwroking cards (1 PCI 1PCMCIA) and a Base Station. i think i've got about �250 kicking about in a bankaccount somewere. > The main trap for the unwary is to remember to tell the wireless > module to use adhoc mode if you didn't buy a base station -- base > stations > being both expensive and unnecessary. unfortunatly i would need a base station as my mum gets a little bit annoyed about any computer beeing left on 24x7 :-( Also when ADSL comes to where i live (unoffically i've been told by a BT enginerr that it will be here by "may 2002") i'm hoping to get a Wires only one, i noticed one that gave me 5 fixed ips so that would be good cos some of my games don't like NAT. > If you have any worries about security, don't trust the wireless > encryption very far. This may or may not be an issue for you. Securitys not much of a problem, i personally normally encrypt my e- mails and such like by GPG but the rest of my family don't bother (my mums an AOL user...............say no more :-) and my dad just knows how to login to the computer and thats about it). and any way the place where i would put the base station in the centre of the house, its a really old house with thick walls, Our DECT cordless phone only works on the ground floor, so i doubt that the Network would be accessable from out side, but even if it was our negihbours are hotels and old people (70+) :-) so i doubt that theres going to be a risk. > John. > > On Thu, 24 Jan 2002, Welby McRoberts wrote: > > > Does anyone have suggetions on which kit would be best? > > > > i would like this to be as cheap as possible!! Welby McRoberts ps. sorry if this message was recived twice, it bounced back to me with an error, but i still got a seperate copy of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------
