[MLB-WIRELESS] Best Card?

[Drew]

> Ok, me and my group of friends want to start a wireless network....  There
> will be 5 people or so initially

have you added everyone to the node list?

> 1.  We need an access point where everyone connects to....  Can anyone
> recommend a good one, and give me a web address for it.  11mbps is
adequate,
> although something like 54mbps or higher would be better....  we are
looking
> to spend up to $1500 or so on that card....

well you can either use an access point, and have all traffic go from client
A to access point, to client B/C/D/E or skip the access point and have all
traffic be ad-hoc, meaning it goes directly from client A to B. if you want
to use an access point, the apple airport is generally the best
cost/performance.

> 2. The individual network cards we need 11mbps, and i have seen a lot of
> people talking about running them on linux...  do they have to be run in
> linux??  i mean can they be ran on the average joe's win2k/98??

yes they'll all run in windows

We need
> cards with 100mw, because they will all need to go about 3kms to the
access
> point.

30mW lucent's will easilly do 3km with a halfway decent antenna


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