How's wireless in your city?

jaguar · 05-23-2003, 09:34 PM

I stopped in the city today on my way to work (yes i know it's a saturday, don't ask) for a cup of coffee with my 12" Powerbook and just out of the usual idle curiosity did a quick scan for any wireless networks, to my suprise nto only were there a couple of other laptop users with open wifi (silly, silly - on i could access his drive) but not one but 2 commercial networks offering access throughout the city, i signed up for one (i'm typing this from it at the moment) and found not only is it fast but the range is dman good too. Considering melbourne is not exactly a huge city i was suprised by the amount of wireless netowrks around, how's wireless access in your city? Still lots of free, open networks? Many commercial networks?

russotto · 05-27-2003, 02:04 PM

Get a decent card (Orinoco or Senao, the iBook works too), set your SSID to "linksys", and you can probably get access almost anywhere in the area. People just plug 'em in and don't change any of the settings.

I'm thinking of getting a cantenna to get rid of that "almost". Or maybe a yagi; it'll fit better in the laptop bag.

View Poll Results: How's wireless in your city?
Wireless is for geeks.	1	25.00%
My latte is not complete without the latest slashdot!	0	0%
Barren desert of EMF emptyness	2	50.00%
Every channel is jammed to the max	1	25.00%
Voters: 4. You may not vote on this poll

05-23-2003, 09:34 PM	#1
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	How's wireless in your city? I stopped in the city today on my way to work (yes i know it's a saturday, don't ask) for a cup of coffee with my 12" Powerbook and just out of the usual idle curiosity did a quick scan for any wireless networks, to my suprise nto only were there a couple of other laptop users with open wifi (silly, silly - on i could access his drive) but not one but 2 commercial networks offering access throughout the city, i signed up for one (i'm typing this from it at the moment) and found not only is it fast but the range is dman good too. Considering melbourne is not exactly a huge city i was suprised by the amount of wireless netowrks around, how's wireless access in your city? Still lots of free, open networks? Many commercial networks? __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

05-27-2003, 02:04 PM	#2
russotto Professor Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,788	Get a decent card (Orinoco or Senao, the iBook works too), set your SSID to "linksys", and you can probably get access almost anywhere in the area. People just plug 'em in and don't change any of the settings. I'm thinking of getting a cantenna to get rid of that "almost". Or maybe a yagi; it'll fit better in the laptop bag.

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)