[SunRescue] Proxim RangeLAN stuff (wireless)

[Sheldon T. Hall]

On Saturday, May 13, 2000 7:45 PM, Bill Bradford wrote:
> I just picked up two original Proxim RangeLAN/ISA cards and a 
still-new-in-box
> Proxim RangeLAN/PCMCIA card (complete with manual and drivers for win 
3.1!).
>
> Anybody know if these are still of any use today?  Would be nice if I 
would
> use them for Internet sharing (e.g., 486 laptop on the back porch 
connecting
> to a 486 gateway wiht a proxim card and a normal ethernet card, in 
here...etc)
>
> I can get 3-4 more of the ISA cards for RIDICULOUSLY low prices, btw.

I've never heard of those cards, but if they come with (or you can find) a 
"packet driver," you can use them with IPRoute, a clever DOS-based 
router/NAT thing that will run on a single-floppy '386 or better.

-Shel