[ale] Wireless?

[Jonathan Rickman]

I am using 2 of Nokia's A020 Wireless LAN Access points to span a distance
of about 350ft between two LANs and get T1 speed for a fraction of the cost.
Last time I checked they were $749 a piece.
They are easy to configure...have a built in DHCP server, are OS independent
(it's just a bridge), and do DNS forwarding if necessary.
For the price...it's the best out there. I think you can purchase a firmware
upgrade kit for $99 that will bump them up to 11Mbps. I haven't looked into
this as I usually average 1.7Mbps.

Jonathan Rickman

-----Original Message-----
From: Robert L. Harris
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Sent: 6/13/00 12:18 AM
Subject: [ale] Wireless?



I've been doing some free work for a local charter school to help them
get closer to the technology curve.  We now have a working proxy server
and a samba fileserver is next.

At any rate they need to network a number of buildings separated 
by hard concrete.  The district is pushing for suspending fibre
overland with the power/phone lines.  I'm thinking wireless.  I've got
about 500" of clear line of sight to go.  Any good solutions?
Preferably
as cheap as possible.  Backing it with a linux box is also a good
thing if it helps.


Thoughts?
  Robert



:wq!
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