[committee] 45 minute warning: This Week's Committee Meeting Agenda

[James Cox]

On Tue, 15 Jun 2004, Matt Johnston wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 01:03:22PM +0800, James Cox wrote:
> > On Tue, 15 Jun 2004, Davyd Madeley wrote:
> >
> > > On Tue, 2004-06-15 at 12:15 +0800, committee at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au wrote:
> > > > coxy : airport express for UCC
> > >
> > > AFAIK, you can't buy one yet. If you can buy one, I think it wouldn't
> > > take too long to reverse the protocol and the way it works, and then UCC
> > > doesn't need one ;) However, yes, I would like to get my hands on one.
> >
> > It's still a decently priced 11g AP (especially if we imported it). The
> > protocol is just a sweetener, baseless assumptions about the protocol are
> > a moot point.
>
> Except it's only an AP talking to DSL modems, which takes the shine off it
> a bit. At least that's the gist I've got.
>
> Matt
>


Nah, it'll work as a normal bridge as well:
"
Take it with you in your laptop bag to use when you travel. Once you're in
your hotel room, simply connect the AirPort Express Base Station to the
room's Ethernet network and with your AirPort-equipped PowerBook or iBook,
you're instantly online, wirelessly."

[RME]~Coxy