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VK3JMA > WLAN 02.11.03 01:49l 57 Lines 2141 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: More Happenings....
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From: VK3JMA@VK3DSE.#MEL.VIC.AUS.OC
To : WLAN@WW
Hello People,
Just a bit more on our local 802.11b playing......
Earlier this week I outlined what had been happening locally. "The
establishment of a 1 Mbit/s link over a distance of 7 Km allowing the use
of HTTP and FTP services between both users."
Since then, a few days later, we where able to establish a 2 MBit/s link
over the same path even though the signals where at the same levels as the
1Mbit/s link of a few days earlier??? It is thought that the difference
in modulation methods between 1Mbit and 2Mbit/s, with 2Mbit being more
realiable, allow this to happen? Maybe someone else has an opinion?
None the less, it worked and it worked well.
I did a ping session from my end, using 56bytes of data, I sent a total of
313 packets for a loss of only 3 packets. I then tried a ftp of a 10
Mbyte file and to my amazement, this was completed in 93 seconds!!!!!!
Try that at 1200 Baud!!!!!
Still, we have a long way to go.
As I have said earlier, get yourself down to your local computer shop,
look on ebay, go to swap meetings, get some 802.11b geat and have a play,
my opinion, is that it will be well worth it.
(Just a note on ebay, I saw a PCI Wlan card that was hovering around
$20.00, I hit the "BUY IT NOW" button, thinking it would display the "BUY
IT NOW" price, instead, I automatically bought it!!!!! Anyway, it arived
and was pressed into service in a spare computer and well, it works great.
I have not used it in distance use yet, only locally, but it just
highlights that you do not need to spend hundreds on wlan gear. In fact,
if I coupled that card to a ex-MDS paytv dish I have and that was all that
I had, in WLAN gear, my total commitment would have been $28.00 ($8.00
being the postage on the PCI card), however, I have spent a lot more than
that, this was before I knew what to look for and where to get it.
Hopefully, you can follow what is happening here, learn and get going for
as little as possible.)
Regards
Mark
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73 - Mark, VK3JMA
email: vk3jma@net2000.com.au
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