$249 for a card isn't bad. It's double the price of an Orinoco, but at least 5 times the speed. > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Tanner [mailto:tanner at real-time.com] > Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 2:36 PM > To: tcwug-list at tcwug.org > Subject: Re: [TCWUG] 802.11a 100Mbps wireless > > > Quoting Austad, Jay (austad at marketwatch.com): > > We should look into this more. It's 54Mbps in 802.11a mode, but > > Proxim has a 2x mode which does 100Mbps on it. I wonder > what kind of > > range we can get out of them. Of course, we'd probably need > > completely different antennas since this is 5Ghz instead of 2.4. > > The gear is expensive. > -- > Bob Tanner <tanner at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 > http://www.mn-linux.org, Minnesota, Linux | Fax : (952)943-8500 > Key fingerprint = 6C E9 51 4F D5 3E 4C 66 62 A9 10 E5 35 85 39 D9 > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - > Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.tcwug.org > tcwug-list at tcwug.org > https://mailman.real-> time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list >