From owner-freebsd-mobile Fri Jan 5 11:50:48 2001 From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 5 11:50:47 2001 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (Odin.AC.HMC.Edu [134.173.32.75]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BDF5537B402; Fri, 5 Jan 2001 11:50:46 -0800 (PST) Received: (from brdavis@localhost) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.11.0/8.11.0) id f05JohC01777; Fri, 5 Jan 2001 11:50:43 -0800 Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 11:50:43 -0800 From: Brooks Davis To: Duncan Barclay Cc: Kevin Oberman , mobile@FreeBSD.ORG, Assar Westerlund Subject: Re: Lucent Wavelan and 4.2 works like a charm. Message-ID: <20010105115043.H23398@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> References: <200101042033.f04KXVJ17907@ptavv.es.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: ; from dmlb@dmlb.org on Fri, Jan 05, 2001 at 10:40:10AM -0000 Sender: brdavis@odin.ac.hmc.edu Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Jan 05, 2001 at 10:40:10AM -0000, Duncan Barclay wrote: > This is not true. Ad-hoc mode is part of the 802.11 standard and IMO is > more useful for a home network than the added expense of an access point. > Ad-hoc mode will not be removed from 802.11 as it represents a valuable > part of the LAN configuration. With current pricing trends, I think this is becoming less and less true. With the the D-Link access points running as low as $234 on shopper.com the price difference between an access point and a PCI card is rapidly approching 0. Ad-hoc is still important, but frankly it's not very useful for most situations. -- Brooks -- Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message