Wednesday, April 17, 2002

Goodies from http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~hgs/internet/wlan.html  NoCat Net, including proposal for authentication for public, co-op and owner, using HTTPS OpenAP: "complete source code, build environment, and instructions for flashing an 802.11 access point with linux 2.4.17. The end product is a linux-based access point providing full wireless services, including multipoint to multipoint wireless bridging (802.1d), while at the same time distributing fully standard 802.11b connections to end users." Wireless Tools for Linux (iwconfig and kin) Airport/Lucent test tools 8 dBi antenna Wired on Wireless: A New Class of 802.11 Devices Go the Distance, Network Computing, March 22, 1999; reviews DS and FH cards. Apple Airport: use the Lucent "Silver" card, but are claimed to be compatible with the Gold card. Silver is 40-bit RC4. Airport Java configuration tool Airport range extender Unofficial airport information Upgrading to gold 1:04:56 PM     wifi / ham Amateur Radio Packet Over 802.11 CardsPosted by timothy on Thursday March 28, @10:19PM from the don't-call-tech-support-for-troubleshooting dept. Skuld-Chan writes: "I stumbled across this the other day -- basically discusses modifying common 802.11 boards for amateur radio bands (or Part 97 rules). Under Part 97 there is a 100 watt limit and no gain limit (unlike the 6 db gain limit on Part 15). I thought it was interesting :)." Consult your friendly branch of the FCC :) Note that this is just one of several interesting projects from this site. and plenty of discusson... 12:31:17 AM

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