[plug] Wanted: dirt cheap wireless LAN

[William Kenworthy]

Most pc motherboards have a irda or combination irda/usb socket on the
motherboard: I enquired once on getting the module that plugs into it
(to communicate with a laptop), but no-one I asked had seen one.  Is
that an option?  Does anyone know where to get the plug-in?

BillK


On Fri, 2003-01-03 at 07:55, Leon Brooks wrote:
> On Thursday 02 January 2003 11:53 pm, Simon Newton wrote:
> > This may be what your after:
> 
> > http://www.altronics.com.au/cat.asp?cat=11&grp=424&id=K2860
> 
> > Its only $22 per end + 2 laser pointers and looks pretty simple to
> > build.
> 
> Not sure whether that includes laser pointer or not, but I'm an Altronics 
> wholesaler so that will help the price a bit.
> 
> This (http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lakes/7156/laser.htm) appears to 
> be the original author, who claims 200m range, which is more than I need. But 
> I bet getting that kind of range is fiddly. Tubes and receiver lenses might 
> improve things.
> 
> > I'm not sure of the legalities of shining lasers across the suburbs
> > though :)
> 
> Probably entirely legal until someone compolains. (-:
> 
> Cheers; Leon
> 
>