[SPARCbook] Wireless access for SPARCbooks...

[Keith Simonsen]

Hi

The company I used to work for was in the process of setting up wireless
infrastructure. The "Ethernet/serial port adaptors for legacy devices" are
rather cool. The Ethernet adaptor is a small plastic box that the pcmcia
wavelan card fits into, and it has a rj45 jack on the other side. IIRC the
ethernet converter box was remotely manageable via SNMP, and cost aout 190
dollars.

The Serial Converter is the same as the ethernet converter, but it has a
db-9 plug on it too.

Check out: http://www.wavelan.com/products/productdetail.html?id=25

-Keith

On Wed, 11 Oct 2000, Ken Hansen wrote:

> I was reading eWeek ( http://www.eweek.com ) and noticed an interesting
> tidbit on the Lucent AP-500 Access Point, an 11M bps access point/bridge,
> and there was something interesting: along with the mention of the Access
> Point/bridge unit, there was also a list of supported devices, which
> included not only PCMCIA cards and PCI/ISA adapters, but mention of
> "Ethernet/serial port adapters for legacy devices."
> 
> A 11M bps Wireless unit that works off an ethernet or serial port?
> 
> Does anyone have any pointers or experiences with these devices? I'd like to
> "go wireless," and the ability to use my SPARCbook wirelessly might be
> enough to push me over the edge and set this up...
> 
> Ken  
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