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Re: Radio Uplink




On Mon, 2 Nov 1998, Shachar Tal wrote:

> > > I use a linux router to route 4 computers to the internet via a radio
> > > uplink, which can do about 700Kbps
> > 
> > Is this a commercial service open to the public?  How much does it cost?
> > Right now I'm on a 64kbps Frame-relay, but more bandwith never hurts.
> 
> Actually, no. It's a test we're conducting in the Technion dormitories,
> with a few selected users. The use of these units is to connect an
> interface to a remote network (up to 1 km, in theory), or connect 2 LANs
> (in a more advanced model). Since our model can connect only one interface
> to the Technion LAN (i.e. one MAC address), we had to use a linux router
> to route the computers involved. The cost was around roughly $1000 for a
> base unit/remote unit/laptop unit at the time of the donation. It is a
> BreezeNET SA-10 unit, you can look it up in their website.

supposed to be a good Israeli product, we wanted to deploy a remote access
system with it here, but those damn Silicon Valley low buildings with
those damn tall Silicon Valley trees between them... 2.4Ghz doesn't trvel
well through trees :-(  doesn't the Technion suffer from a similar
problem?