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Date:      Wed, 13 Dec 2000 10:53:07 -0500
From:      "Gray, David W." <David_W_Gray@tvratings.com>
To:        "'bmah@cisco.com'" <bmah@cisco.com>, "Gray, David W." <David_W_Gray@tvratings.com>
Cc:        "'FreeBSD mobile list'" <freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: Wireless? 
Message-ID:  <01D4D419B1A4D111A30400805FE65B13070AC137@nmrusdunsx1.nielsenmedia.com>

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Hmmm, now this is interesting. When I specifically asked about those cards a
week or 2 ago, I was told 'weren't supported, not going to be'. If these
*do* have a driver, they're perfect. (but note, I am talking 10Mb, not the
older 1Mb standard...)

-----Original Message-----
From: bmah@cisco.com [mailto:bmah@cisco.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2000 10:46 AM
To: Gray, David W.
Cc: 'FreeBSD mobile list'
Subject: Re: Wireless? 


If memory serves me right, "Gray, David W." wrote:

> I really want to get rid of the cables running through my hallways,
connect
> upstairs, downstairs and back room PCs in the house. A set of wireless
cards
> sounds like a good idea - but the $$$$ is still too much, as it now
appears.
> The phone line 'net cards would be a slam dunk - but I don't use M$
> products, and it seems that nobody else supports 'em.

Ummm...you mean like the PCnet/Home and HomePNA based cards supported
by the pcn(4) driver?

(I don't actually have one of these cards, but I remember committing
the release notes documenting this support.  I think this happened 
around the time of 4.1.1.)

> So the question is, what do you do for cheap, wireless or equivalent
> connectivity? (By cheap I mean <$100/node, preferably < $50.) With 10Mb or
> better performance, too. (The upstairs box has my CVS repository, don't
want
> to cvsup at 1Mb constantly...)

Don't forget the cost of an access point, if applicable.

Bruce.



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