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No WiFi In 'Grantsdale' Chipset
bizpile writes "A company spokesman confirmed Friday, Intel has decided not to enable the wireless access-point functionality in its 'Grantsdale" chipset. Intel decided not to include this feature because of the proliferation of cheap wireless access points. Spokesman Dan Snyder said, 'So many wireless APs are out there, and they're essentially free" when purchased in conjunction with DSL or cable service from an ISP. The company may still develop a custom chipset to re-enable the WiFi functionality if a large customer requests it. Also, their Centrino plans and production will be unchanged."
If you use a system which can handle network congestion then you can handle moving that data around. FTP with resume works, as does nfs, and probably coda, intermezzo, et cetera.
Securing wireless is pretty easy - use VPNs. My wireless segment uses a combination of MAC whitelisting on the AP and the use of aggressive firewall rules which only allow DHCP and VPN connections to ensure that no one will be using my WiFi without permission, although they could use it to connect two computers which are both near me. Eventually I'll put a WiFi NIC in the firewall rather than using an AP and then I will be able to stop people from doing that, too. You can do PPTP VPNs with patches to the linux kernel and to pppd, or you can do IPSec. PPTP is supported by Windows 98, so if you have old wintendo PCs you can even use them on such a network.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
By the time the 386DX was soldered (SXs got soldered pretty early, but not the DX) it was really cheap and you could afford to buy a motherboard that had to go with a CPU.
Even intel's 386DX-33 was faster than an early 486SX.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"