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  From: Andrew Reid <andrew.reid@plug.cx>
  To  : Jason Tan <jason@rebel.rebel.net.au>
  Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 12:55:26 +1030

Re: [OT]-ish wireless networking card for 802.11b

On Thu, Nov 15, 2001 at 12:31:02PM +1030, Jason Tan wrote:

> Cna anyone reconemdn a good card sutiable for 802.11b wireless
> networking tht will work under lin and win.
> Alternativley an ethernet to 802.11 bridge.

Lucent WaveLAN cards, or ORiNOCO as they're called now. Supported by
Linux, FreeBSD, MacOS and Windows.

> It will be used to createa gateway for an apple airport equiped ibook.
> 
> I believe that aiprot uses the  versionof 802.11b.

Pry open an AirPort[1], and you'll see that they've got Lucent-branded
WaveLAN cards in them. They're basically 486s running some software to 
handle IP, PPP and such. It didn't require that much intelligence from 
Apple. The same applies to the other generic things out there.

> A gateway product woudl beOk too, but not a smart one that will equire
> dhcp, morte  of a bridge is required, because I need to get my IP adress
> from another dhcp server.
> 
> The apple airport is very nivce but $700 is mroe than I wnat to spend.

Well, a Lucent card will set you back about $350 (Tax Inc.). Assuming
you're not intending to put this into a laptop, you'll need an ISA
adapter card, which will set you back about $165 (Tax Inc.). Add onto
that the cost of a machine to act as a bridge, and you're going to
have to fork out a lot more than $700.

> If you dont know aproiduct but know retailer who knows abit about this
> stuff, then thier contct details would be welcome too.

Integrity Data sell the cards and the ISA Adaptors.[2]

   - andrew

[1] See http://www.wwc.edu/~frohro/Airport/Airport.html for pictures
    and modification instructions.

[2] See http://www.ezywave.com/ for Integrity Data's online ordering
    website thing-o.

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