Re: (slightly) offtopic- radio modems

[jwb@example.com (Jim Breen)]

James Gibson <twistedhammer@example.com> wrote:

>> There's been a lot suggested already... however, this brought to mind an
>> article that ran on slashdot a month or so ago... Some people in northern
>> california are using a booster antenna to run a 802.11 wireless
>> connection between two computers at a range of 20 Miles.. has some
>> interesting in on ranges and range calculations as well... 

Since Ethernet began as an attempt to implement Aloha  (packet radio)
network techniques on a wire network, I think we've just gone in a
complete circle   8-)}

Jim
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