cool! I envy you guys with laptops!
--- Jeff Kenyon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi Shawn and the group. I never thought I would be
> doing this free of cords
> and a desk, but I am actually sitting out in the
> yard, and am enjoying the
> nice weather here, and was only disconnected once in
> the hour or so that I
> have been out here. I don't have forever though
> because of course I have to
> plug the machine in to charge the batteries, but I
> have to say I am pretty
> impressed. I still haven't given up finding an RF
> hotspot in my room
> upstairs, but I am in a house with really thick
> walls, and we just have the
> two computers and that's it, but this freedom to
> move about almost anywhere
> is great. I'm just wondering though those people
> who drive around with
> antennas and things like that how do they get them
> connected to their PCS?
> My uncle uses his neighbor's wireless Internet all
> the time, but then he
> lives in a part of Boston where you and your
> neighbors are really close
> together.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "shawn klein" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 4:13 PM
> Subject: Re: need advice on wireless connection
>
>
> > Thanks Darrell, all I'd need is 20 diagonal feet
> at
> > most, *grin* just guessing because I'm not sure of
> the
> > exact horizontal distance between the 2 machines,
> just
> > dreaming anyway, lol.
> >
> > --- Darrell Shandrow <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > Hi Shawn,
> > >
> > > I can travel several hundred feet away from my
> Dell
> > > TrueMobile 2300 with my
> > > laptop to access my wireless network from the
> pool
> > > area of our apartment
> > > complex! Works great! This is with the
> laptop's
> > > built-in Mini-PCI wireless
> > > adapter and no external antennas on the laptop!
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "shawn klein" <[log in to unmask]>
> > > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 10:01 AM
> > > Subject: Re: need advice on wireless connection
> > >
> > >
> > > > Don't have any answers for your problem,
> because
> > > I'm
> > > > not familiar with wireless, but I'm just
> curious,
> > > how
> > > > much range are you getting? My step dad's
> computer
> > > is
> > > > in the room directly above me. If we ever get
> dsl
> > > it
> > > > would be nice to be able to go wireless rather
> > > than
> > > > run cables all over the house.
> > > > --- Jeff Kenyon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > > > Hi everyone. I have a wireless connection
> that
> > > is
> > > > > working now, and until my
> > > > > router problems are resolved I will be using
> > > > > wireless, and it is working
> > > > > fine, but I have to be in the immediate area
> of
> > > the
> > > > > other computer, or else
> > > > > it won't work. Does anyone have any
> suggestions
> > > for
> > > > > an antenna for the
> > > > > wireless card, and if so how would I
> interface
> > > it to
> > > > > my machine? The
> > > > > wireless card is a standard P CMCIA one on a
> > > Dell
> > > > laptop.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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