Hi folks,
Forgive me if this issue has come up in the past (I must have missed
it) but has anyone been thinking about 802.11b technologies in the
context of wireless networking / public Internet access?
The message below on another list poses a question which I myself
can't answer, and I wonder if anyone in this forum has given 802.11b
any thought.
Cheers,
-Shady
Linux wireless LAN reference link:
http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/
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Shady Kanfi <www.bellanet.org/staff/shady>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Porten" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: "TidBITS Talk" <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 10:51 AM
> Subject: Public 802.11 networks?
>
>
> A thought occurs in response to the latest TidBITS article about
> wireless network access at Macworld Expo:
>
> <http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=06284>
>
> I'm under the impression that any 802.11 device can work as a base
> station;
> does that therefore mean that it could work as a repeater?
>
> What I'm thinking about is a sort of community mobile wiring
> project. In
> certain areas like Washington and San Francisco, you could easily
> have
> hundreds of base stations wired to high speed connections. If they
> then
> allowed some level of public access, any laptop within 150 feet of
> them
> could pick up a signal. Then perhaps laptops within 150 feet of
> THOSE could
> pick up a signal, etc. etc. Given enough penetration of base
> stations and
> antenna systems, you could end up with a constantly-changing, public
> network.
>
> Would this work? If so, seems like the kind of thing that could be
> easily
> organized.
>
> Best,
> Jeff Porten
>
>
>
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