Novatel is CDPD though. Not fast by any means. -----Original Message----- From: Callum Lerwick [mailto:lerwick at tcfreenet.org] Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 9:00 PM To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org Subject: Re: [TCLUG:22283] wireless networking in the Twin Cities "Austad, Jay" wrote: > > I was reading this article on Slashdot: > http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/10/04/140229&mode=nested > > and I thought it might be interesting to try something like this here in the > twin cities area. I've seen people make directional antennas and squeeze > about 7 miles out of a WaveLan card. One of the sites that the slashdot > article refers to has plans for building different antennas. > > I'm thinking something along the lines of a large private network with > wireless nodes running MRTd (http://www.mrtd.net), and points of access to > the internet at large. Anyone else think this might be interesting? > > FYI, I live 23 stories up in downtown saint paul, so I have a pretty good > view to alot of outlying areas. Could you get a signal to a DEC Multia in an 86 Buick Century? ;) Failing that there's www.novatelwireless.com ... --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org