Multihomed WLANs from Intel

accessdeniednsp writes: "El Reg gives us some insight on Intel Labs' new software to let your wireless LAN card hop between various networks (802.3, 802.11, and 'fixed Ethernet' they call it). Perfect for us snoopers to walk by college frat houses and hopping on the 'net with our linux ipaq's :)" First company to come out with a "universal connectivity" PCMCIA card wins all the marbles.

Comments

New Software

[inerte]

Reminded me of the IWarez history. Getting software will be easier, and while you walk with the dog.

Maybe a MS Office Lane, or Metallica Street?

all the marbles

[wiredog]

Personally, I don't want any of the marbles. Keep stepping on the damn things late at night.

Power Consumption

[Jon_E]

I don't understand why displays don't have their own power - I mean if it does take up 33% of the overall power, wouldn't it make more sense to have something detachable that I could swap batteries on rather than having to power down the entire system?

And where's the affordable goggles? If display tech is the limiting factor in portable devices, why not just have attachable goggles to a small base that surfs wireless WANS .. perhaps even visualize the networks you're attaching to a la the article on AR.

come on .. it's 2000 - so where's our rocket packs!? (go anywhere we strap them on our backs -DA)

Re:catching up with the mac

[SweetAndSourJesus]

Ok, so, just because I am a troll, this gets modded down as a troll, even though this wasn't a troll? I don't get mods sometimes. When the linked article mentions that they are catching up to the mac, and I think that's a valid point of discussion, that's a troll? I'm honestly trying to post a valid comment here.

To top it off, some non-troll posts an inaccurate rebuttal and is flagged as informative? Fact : you cannot change IP filtering settings without a reboot in Windows 2000.

Go ahead and mod me down for this one. I don't know why I let it bother me, I guess this just seems totally unfair. It seems like every time I try to fly right here, some arse mod comes along and tells me not to.