[plug] Wanted: dirt cheap wireless LAN

[Daniel Pearson]

You can purchase an irda adapter that plugs in through serial or USB port
for around $100.

Daniel

----- Original Message -----
From: "William Kenworthy" <billk at iinet.net.au>
To: "Plug List" <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 8:57 AM
Subject: Re: [plug] Wanted: dirt cheap wireless LAN


> 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
> >
> >
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