[SunRescue] poor man's wireless ethernet
Andrew Sydelko
rescue at sunhelp.org
Mon Jan 22 13:08:07 CST 2001
) On Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 07:53:35AM -0800, Peter L. Wargo wrote:
) > (I was able to snag the airport new, in opened box for $200. Add less that
) > $100 for airport cards, and we went wireless for under $400.) As for other
) > systems, Farallon's PCMCIA "Skyline" card works, and can be found cheaply.
) > (I just sold one on eBay for $94.)
) > It's addictive. I'm doing my Email at the breakfast table...
)
) Would be nice, if you could use/configure the Airport base module (which
) is just a WaveLAN card in a fancy case) with something OTHER than a Mac...
http://edge.mcs.drexel.edu/GICL/people/sevy/airport/
I had to use Sun's JRE to get it to run under Linux, but it works
beautifully.
--andy.
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