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With its eyes on the future of home entertainment and a relatively uncluttered band of radio spectrum, Cisco Systems Inc.'s Linksys division on Wednesday unveiled a line of IEEE 802.11g/a wireless LAN products. more
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Linksys goes dual-band on Wi-Fi
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Posted 30 September 2004 - 12:05 PM
Yeah and isnt it great that Linksys does not officially support the Mac. So if you do buy one of their products you could be on your own if you run into problems connecting to a Mac. Although I have used Linksys routers in the past, with no problems, you just never know.
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Posted 30 September 2004 - 12:17 PM
It's not really about "officially" supporting any platform. Routers and other network devices must be platform-independent and concern themselves only with communications protocols. Most routers, Linksys included, have http interfaces to their firmware/admin settings -- and this is likewise platform-independent. As for the wireless protocol, they are open standards so I wouldn't be too concerned about this if I were you.
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Posted 30 September 2004 - 12:20 PM
More and more wireless phones I see for sale are 5GHz. 900 MHz phones are harder and harder to find, but still all I will buy so my 802.11b/g devices don't have to deal with interference.
Anyway, my point is that 5GHz being "uncluttered" is likely temporary and I suspect common consumer items will fill it faster than 802.11a devices.
(and isn't 5 GHz even more sensitive to walls and other obstructions? not an issue on a factory floor or in a cube farm, but NOT so good in the home).
Anyway, my point is that 5GHz being "uncluttered" is likely temporary and I suspect common consumer items will fill it faster than 802.11a devices.
(and isn't 5 GHz even more sensitive to walls and other obstructions? not an issue on a factory floor or in a cube farm, but NOT so good in the home).
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Posted 30 September 2004 - 12:52 PM
You make a good point and this raises the question as to whether the FCC is asleep at the switch or just beholden to corporations. If the frequencies are a free-for-all, then everyone loses and short-term profit wins. And the problem with short-term profit is that, well, it's short term. And in the long run we all pay the price.
Certain bands should be reserved for certain purposes -- precisely so we don't have this chaos you speak of.
Certain bands should be reserved for certain purposes -- precisely so we don't have this chaos you speak of.
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Posted 30 September 2004 - 06:06 PM
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Certain bands should be reserved for certain purposes -- precisely so we don't have this chaos you speak of.
Certain bands should be reserved for certain purposes -- precisely so we don't have this chaos you speak of.
That is precisely why they are migrating to 5GHz the 2.4GHz band is partially licensed. Ham (amatuer radio operators have had a license on this band for many many years and that license states that third party users may use it as a secondary user as long as they do not interfere with the licensed users who are primary users.
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Posted 01 October 2004 - 03:46 PM
"Most routers, Linksys included, have http interfaces to their firmware/admin settings -- and this is likewise platform-independent."
In theory, HTML is supposed to be platform independent. Of course, there are many web pages created by idiot programmers who think Microsoft owns the internet, have never heard of operating systems other than Windows, or browsers other than Windows Internet Explorer.
In theory, HTML is supposed to be platform independent. Of course, there are many web pages created by idiot programmers who think Microsoft owns the internet, have never heard of operating systems other than Windows, or browsers other than Windows Internet Explorer.
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Posted 01 October 2004 - 06:08 PM
With regard to brand in question, though, the two Linksys products I have used had HTTP interfaces that are completely compatible with any Mac browser I use. You can configure it as thoroughly as any Windows user. Linksys' lack of Mac support simply consists of not wanting to train their support people on it or add pages for it in the manual, even though it really works just fine with Macs because they adhered to standards. To say it another way, Linksys products support the Mac...the company just hasn't realized it yet. /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
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Posted 01 October 2004 - 06:30 PM
The camera the introduced sounds really cool (think iSight with Airport and iChat built in), but specifically says it doesn't work on a Mac. Aparently you need a plug-in for IE 5 which only runs under Windows.
We currently use an iSight with EvoCam, but it requires a computer to serve the video. Is there a self-contained solutin that works with a Mac?
We currently use an iSight with EvoCam, but it requires a computer to serve the video. Is there a self-contained solutin that works with a Mac?
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Posted 05 October 2004 - 09:47 AM
"It's not really about "officially" supporting any platform. "
What about firmware upgrades? If the installer is only available on Windows, then they are only supporting Windows. In most cases, such updates aren't needed, but the point remains the same.
Steve
What about firmware upgrades? If the installer is only available on Windows, then they are only supporting Windows. In most cases, such updates aren't needed, but the point remains the same.
Steve
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