Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2000 22:24:27 -0500 From: "Jim King" <jim@jimking.net> To: "Sameer R. Manek" <manek@ecst.csuchico.edu>, <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: affordable wireless Message-ID: <02b401c0161f$a2bb1220$04e48486@marble> References: <LMEMIKHGPPEEMMMMGIENMEKJCAAA.manek@ecst.csuchico.edu>
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> Does anyone have any suggestions on how to have 802.11 wireless for home > users? Naturally it should be supported by FreeBSD. Configuruation can be > done on any pc os though. > > My only affordable solution so far is to use the Apple AirPort base station, > and wavelan pcmcia cards, but I don't know if they can co-exist, and the > AirPort needs a Macintosh to configure. My idea of affordable for this is > less then $500, the lucent wavelan solution works out to about $900 startup, > that's a little out of my budget. Check out the stuff at www.buffalotech.com. Their plain base station is $279, and is supposed to be compatible with anything that uses 802.11b, so hopefully it would work with the Lucent cards (about $190 each?). I haven't used their stuff or read any reviews on it, I just ran across one of their ads today. Jim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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