Sunday, April 13, 2003

WiFi Your Way Around the World My sister and I just installed a wireless network in her Oregon home. It being Apple, it was a simple process. Purchase the Aiport Base Station and slip an Airort card in each computer. Spend 10 minutes with installation and configuration, and start accessing the Internet and email with no wires attached. (Her husband, a Windows user, can connect to the network, too, via his WiFi card and software.) I don't have wireless in my home, but I will invest in the Base Station soon to replace my DSL. In the meantime, I can connect to anyone else's WiFi system. The Portland-area Starbucks all have them and share them with their customers, or whoever is parked outside in the spaces within reach of their network. Plus, we can share files between our computers at ancredible speed. Jason at PowerMacPac in Portland -- where Celia and I bought our hardware -- clued us into a whole world of WiFi and WiFi-jacking. Visit http://www.ezgoal.com/hotspots/wireless/ I installed MacStumbler on my computer so I can scan for available networks when driving, when sitting at a cafe...cool! I wonder how WiFi'ed Paris is? 10:59:11 AM

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