[NTLUG:Discuss] wireless network

[Tom Tumelty]

Is this SMC Barricade  very linux friendly ??




--- Rick Cook <rcook at ntlug.org> wrote:
> On Monday 21 July 2003 22:01, terry wrote:
> > Tom Tumelty wrote:
> > >I am considering a wireless SOHO network. Are
> there
> > >advantages to  802.11G over  802.11B standard? I
> know
> > >G is several times as fast as the B standard.
> >
> >  From what I gather:  802.11G is 54 megabits per
> second and 802.11B is
> > 11 megabits per second.
> >
> > Right now we're seeing 802.11B equipment dropping
> in price and being
> > superseded by 802.11G, which is good news for us
> bargain hunters that
> > don't need any more than 11 megabits per second.
> >
> > I'm in research mode too and am in the market for
> reasonably priced
> > 802.11B wireless bridge(s).
> > Anyone see any deals out there, (like something
> less than $100 per copy),
> > ?
> >
> 
> I found an SMC Barricade (Model SMC7004VWBR) a Fry's
> sales for about $40.00. 
> On-line pricing right now is more like $70.00.
> MicroCenter purports to have 
> it for $59.99 with a $30.00 rebate (final price of
> $29.99).
> 
> I can't tell you anything about the wireless
> capabilities (says it does 128 
> Bit WEP encryption), since I have never used it. At
> the price, it was about 
> the same as a normal 4-port 10/100 autodetecting
> switch (that part of the 
> Barricade gets used daily...) so the wireless was a
> "bonus".
> 
> As a DSL Router/4 port 10/100 switch, it has worked
> very well for me.
> 
> 
> Rick Cook
> 
> 
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