Date: Wed, 11 Jun 1997 00:19:47 -0400 (EDT) From: Bernie Doehner <bad@uhf.wireless.net> To: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> Cc: "Tom T. Thai" <tomthai@future.net>, "Yury V. Savin" <msav@kari.ru>, freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wavelan ISA Card??? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970611001708.511B-100000@uhf.wdc.net> In-Reply-To: <199706110407.WAA02557@rocky.mt.sri.com>
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> > > them with the base station and a laptop running Win95.) > > > > 5k/sec? With ISA Wavelan on the FreeBSD side and a Dec RoamAbout (Wavelan > > clone) on my Linux laptop I get 1.6 Mb/s! > > That's great. Is this a point-point link, or in a wireless LAN? wireless lan.. RoamAbout (Wavelan) emulate Ethernet (but do it over radio) as long as all stations hear each other. > > How does the AT&T Wavelan stuff work? The Xircom stuff has a 'base > station' that you stick on your ethernet segment that broadcasts data > to/from the machines with Xircom cards in them. Is the WaveLAN stuff at > all like that? > It's like an ethernet card. If you want connectivity to a backbone you install either a access point (mucho $$$), or a FreeBSD box with one Wavelan and one ethernet card and route between them. Bernie
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