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2Stupid2KnowIt writes "eWeek has a cool review of Xirrus' XS-3900 Wireless LAN Array. The unit consists of 16 Integrated Access Points and a wireless switch....all in one device. According to their website, Xirrus can achieve 800+ Mbps of bandwidth and handle 1000+ users. Finally enough bandwidth for us all to cut the cord?"
Parking lots will be overflowing with war drivers...
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At that price, it's FAR cheaper to just buy the 16 devices and a router. But it does look cool.
;)
Not to mention you can microwave your coffee by just setting it on top of the thing
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>Finally enough bandwidth for us all to cut the cord?"
*Yells down to basement*
Kurt! You're moving OUT today!
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Is it just me, or is it ironic that war drivers would take over parking lots?
Hope be with ye,
Cyan
Yeah it'd work great, until somebody microwaves a pizza pop (entirely feasible, this is a LAN Party we're talking about) and everyone's pings jump to four digits. :)
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-Hoban Washburn
Okay, now this is going to sound incredibly stupid to the vast majority of you, it'll probably start a flame war and all of that good stuff.
The reason I won't use wireless is pretty simple, suppose I have my computer and my WAP sitting in the front room of my house. If you decide to pull up and park across the street you can sniff my data rather easily. Sure I can encrypt it, secure it, and slap an ACL on there so you can't get in or do anything with the data you capture, but the fact of the matter is you and your buddies hanging out in your car across the street from my house can sniff my data.
Now, if I've got copper inside. I pull up to the house one night and I notice the front window is open and there is some cat5 ran across my yard from your car window to my switch. I'm going to come out of the house, go to your car and proceed to knock the ever loving shit out of you in front of your friends. I'm not a big man, but if I was in that situation, I would be an angry one.
Of course, sure you can sniff my data with copper, but most likely you won't be doing it parked in front of my house, but rather at your own house which settles the whole notion of me dragging you out through your car window and kicking your ass there in the street.
Does it also function as a smoke detector?
Is it sufficiently tamper-resistant to not break when someone tries to check the battery?
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yes low prices....
Priced at $12,000, the XS-3900 is a relatively affordable solution for locations that require high-density networks.
Hrmmm 12k, yeah I can spare that I just broke a 50k bill buying my coffee.... in the year 2050.
shoot there was supposed to be a lighting shift and music when I said that.. I don't know your primative HTML very well.
Nice cheap gas you have here tho...
DJMD - The fourth man - Planetary
I say, get 12 WRT54G's at $60/piece, and a used/refurbed Cisco 2912, for about $200, load up the WRTs with OpenWRT, and you could probably do the a similar thing for about $1000. A little configuration and tweaking might be necessary though.
:-)
Yeah, a little configuration and approx. 20-50m (30-60yards) of cable
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Hmmm, Wifi times 16...
According to my math, 802.11 x 16 = 12,833.76
I guess we get discounted down to $12K for buying in volume?
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The pepperoni is clearly migrating.