> > After price drops of about 90% in two years, 802.11b became finally a > serious alternative for home networking,
90% price drop in Israel? Or did you mean 90% price drop in ebay? Does anyone sell PCMCIA card under $100 in Israel? What about base stations under $150? > > Disadvantages: > > 1. Security: if you don't want neighbors to sniff your internal > traffic, you should install VPN's, or use the latest protocol (I > heard that the last WEP is safe, but I'm not sure). It's not safe. Several tools exist to break WEP within minutes or hours (depending on several mitigating factors). That's not a reason not to use it around the house, though. Unless you fear your neighbors will spy on you (very unlikely IMO) your range will probably not be enough for war-driving. > 2. Bandwidth: don't expect 100Mbps. But usually it's not an issue, > unless you plan to provide TV/video over IP. Sometimes, the > communication may be so weak so even very fat walls (such as MAMAD) > might block even simple communication. > Don't even expect 10Mb; I'm getting around 1-2Mb. But this raises a question: can Eli or anyone else here recommend a good wireless base station that is: A. cheap B. has a good range? Mine barely has reception for 3-4 meters and even then connection breaks pretty often. Granted, I bought the cheapest I could find, but still, I'm extremely disappointed. -- Aviram Jenik Beyond Security Ltd. http://www.BeyondSecurity.com http://www.SecuriTeam.com Know that you're safe: http://www.AutomatedScanning.com ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
