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Re: [PLUG] 802.11 Questions
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ian reinhart geiser wrote:
>
> Greetings,
> I have 2 linux boxen separated by 2 floors. My questions are as follows:
> a) can i just use 2 802.11 wireless cards to connect the two?
> b) what is the range on these buggers? The construction is all wood.
> c) what parts will give me the most bang for my buck...
> d) how good is wireless lan support on linux?
>
> Speed is not horribly important. I can live with anything faster than
> 128Kps, so if anyone else knows of any other linux friendly options please
> let me know. I heard of a guy who is using the networking that works over
> power circuits with linux, but i have not found any docs on the process....
>
> Basicly my other option is to drill holes in the wall and run about 250ft of
> cat5....
>
> my goal is to keep the entire project less than $250 because that is what it
> would cost to cable the mess....
>
You could grab a couple used ricochet modems off of Ebay and set them up
in point-to-point mode. However, I'm not convinced the present driver
gets 128K throughput. I've been experimenting with them a little and it
does work, but I wouldn't promise you 128K. If you go looking, I'd
recommend the GS model over the newer GT. I managed to grab a pair of
the GT's for $30/ea on Ebay a while back.
--
Kevin Brosius
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