Re: TI-H: Networking


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Re: TI-H: Networking




>In a message dated 9/26/98 11:00:25 PM !!!First Boot!!!, gussie@alaska.net
>writes:
>
>> >Grant Stockly (gussie@alaska.net) wrote:
>>  >
>>  >>>i have 2 modems and 2 phone lines, running windows 95, can i have 2
>> people
>>  >>>call me up and create a network, play 3 player quake without the
>Internet
>>  >>
>>  >>It would be faster to invest in some $1,500 wireless multi-point wireless
>>  >>ethernet hardware...
>>  >
>>  >Or just invest in getting an ISP for $20 or so/month and doing the games
>>  >via TCP/IP.  Besides, the wireless ethernet stuff only has a range of
>>  >around 1,000 feet unless you amp it, and I don't think many people would
>>  >want to void their warranty and risk screwing up equipment like that.
>>
>>  No...  You use directional satellite dishes.  They are about $70.  Gives a
>>  range of about 3 miles.
>>
>>  You can't amp these things...they use a strange form of broadcasting that
>>  would mess up an amp.
>>
>>  And if you use high gain grid dishes you can get an abs max of 25 miles.
>>  I'm done it 7 miles.  Multi-point.  One location is 5 miles, the other 7.
>>
>where can i find more info about this?

www.aironet.com
or www.c-spec.com (I think)



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