[rescue] Gigabit Ethernet (Copper) Switch Advice SOught

Mike F lists at mikef.dyndns.org
Thu Aug 21 17:59:47 CDT 2003


On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 16:11:28 -0500
Bill Bradford <mrbill at mrbill.net> wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 02:10:22PM -0400, Mike F wrote:
> > Ahh... no, a while back they had these units at an online-only price
> > of $29.99 USD, so I got one as my first foray into wireless. I had
> > an idea that it would be a cheap piece of crap, but for 30 bucks,
> > it's hard to complain. Other than the brain-dead web interface, it
> > works just fine as a WAP. Last time I looked on the CompUSA website,
> > they had reduced the price to $19.99; even if you didn't need a
> > wireless access point, you could use it as a cheap router/firewall
> > for parents, relatives, etc.
> 
> FYI, these are actually made by Gigafast.

Yeah, it's actually a nice little unit - gotta like cheap OEM stuff.
The Compaq WL110 PCMCIA 802.11b card I Epayed to go with it turned
out to be an OEMed Orinoco Gold :)



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