Re: [PLUG] wireless router

["William H. Magill" <magill@mcgillsociety.org>]

On Friday, January 10, 2003, at 01:50  AM, Paul wrote:

> I'm looking for a recommendation for a, preferably low cost, wireless 
> router with good range to operate between two apartment buildings 
> which are almost directly across from each other.  The signal will 
> need to go through a small utility room (AC, heater, water heater) on 
> my side and a glass door on the other side.  Easily less than 100 feet 
> apart. (Translates to about 30 meters?)
>
> I've been wanting a wireless card for the laptop, but a card for a PC 
> makes more sense.  Any recomendations for a PCI wireless card?  I've 
> heard that they can be trouble.

Apple's new 802.11g AirPort Extreme Base Station comes with an antenna 
port, does wireless bridging now, supports a USB/ethernet printer for 
remote printing from wireless devices, and accepts ppp dial-in calls! 
$199 or 249 for the one with the external antenna connector and 
built-in modem. [Antennas are available separately from a number of 
sources including Dr. Bott.
                (http://www.drbott.com/prod/db.lasso?code=9142)

At the moment I don't know which cards are being used, but their 
earlier cards were Lucent's. Apple's 11g card is assumed to be not 
PCMCIA, but I don't know.

However, with Apples 11g announcement, I would look for 11g PCMCIA 
cards to be widely available within 6-9 months. It only took 9-12 
months for the market to respond to Apple's introduction of 11b.

11g is downward compatible with 11b; 11c requires completely new 
hardware purchases.
Expect 11c to die a Betamax death and 11g to replace it. (It's also not 
really superior, only a different frequency range.)


T.T.F.N.
William H. Magill
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