[BAWUG] a Windows XP Home Edition Expereince

2003-12-23 Thread Kent Barbour
I happened to run across this : Windows XP wireless problems after windows update: http://www.tek-tips.com/gviewthread.cfm/lev2/5/lev3/34/pid/730/qid/582449 Internet Connection Fails in Windows XP After Installing Microsoft's Hotfix Q815485 http://kbserver.netgear.com/kb_web_files/n101214.asp ma

[BAWUG] non-Airport 802.11 cards in Mac laptops ?

2004-01-05 Thread Kent Barbour
Are there any non-Airport wireless cards that will work in Mac laptops under OSX?Thanks,Kent Tired of slow downloads? Compare online deals from your local high-speed providers now. -- general wireless list, a bawug thing [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless

[BAWUG] Non Airport cards for Mac laptops under OSX ?

2004-01-05 Thread Kent Barbour
Are there any non Airport 802.11 cards that will work on Mac laptops under OSX ? Sorry if my first submission made a garbled post - forgot to turn off the rich text editor. Thanks, Kent _ Have fun customizing MSN Messenger — learn

[BAWUG] Public access Nob Hill (800 block of Taylor)

2004-01-05 Thread Kent Barbour
Tom, Check out the "location finder" at http://www.locfinder.com/locfinder.php run by nodedb.com == Anyone know of an open AP in the area of Taylor Street between Pine and Bush. I'm going to be staying there for several weeks and wondered if there are any free ho

[BAWUG] How do you site survey from a bridge at home ?

2004-12-03 Thread Kent Barbour
a hypothetical: Suppose you have a bridge on the roof with an antenna connected to it, perhaps with some kind of directional rotor. From the bridge to a computer inside the house is a wired ethernet connection. (And there are no laptops to take to the roof.) Is it possible somehow to do a site

[BAWUG] Which antenna for this purpose?

2005-01-22 Thread Kent Barbour
I live in the Mission district in San Francisco. I had an idea to set up a bridge and an antenna on my roof to connect to some of the free and open networks in my neighborhood. Perhaps I'd mount it on a pole on one of those tv rotators so that I could turn the antenna a bit. Sort of like a "warh