Re: Wimax for Linux
Ole Tange <[email protected]>
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On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 6:36 AM, Ray Rashif <[email protected]> wrote: > On 19/03/2010, Harish Pillay <[email protected]> wrote: >>> One of my friends needs a wireless internet connection for his Linux >>> laptop. > > Yes, there are at least 2 types of receivers - indoor and outdoor. I > think the outdoor one emits 802.11 after receiving 802.16 (or might be > configurable to be a repeater instead), while the indoor device will > have eth port(s) and acts as a normal cable modem in that you can then > use a router to distribute the line. There are also USB devices which > are practically like WiFi adapters, but for 802.16 and need to be > supported by operating system drivers. It sounds as if the indoor device is going to cause the least number of hours of support. Does anyone have that running with Linux? And with what company? It seems Wireless@SG has fairly limited coverage in residential areas, so that may not be usable option. /Ole _______________________________________________ LUGS Mailing list - [email protected] List FAQ: http://wiki.lugs.org.sg/LugsMailingListFaq Info page: http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet To unsubscribe send an empty email to: [email protected]