[plug] Radio IP

[Colin Rothnie]

I was surprised today to see two wireless radio modems in an office close 
to my own.  I wasn't aware our company had them, and I must admit that I 
thought radio-based networking was something of a hobby - something like 
HAM radio (oops - I have probably insulted 500 serious HAMers who don't 
regard HAM as a hobby..).

Anyway we have two different devices that communicate over two or more 
kilometres.  One apparently is a 64 kbit machine and the other is 128 kbit. 
 To my knowledge we didn't need a special licence, or prior knowledge of 
morse code.  We run a normal LAN/intranet and telephone links over them.

For those interested in radio networking - have a look at the following;

Overview of available devices & prices
http://www.data.com/Global_Networks/Wireless_Telecom_Savings.html

Airlink
http://www.nortech.com/cylink/cytop.htm

Overlan IP bridge/Router
http://www.ingenious-nets.com/rf2.html


Cheers
Colin Rothnie
(Brain fried by microwave-radio transmissions).