In addition to being Mario weekend, it’s also Old Glee Club Friends weekend. Larry is here staying with us tonight, and on Sunday I’ll be in a panel discussion with my old fellow singer Shawn Felton. I haven’t been around this many friends from Virginia since the last time someone got married.
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Day: September 27, 2002
Wireless gateway resources
Apple hasn’t adjusted its price points downwards on its wireless networking gear to compensate for the general industry trend. This is ironic, because Apple was a prime mover in making WiFi more popular and therefore driving prices down. The net effect is that I&8217;m wondering whether I should look elsewhere for a replacement wireless router.
I started trying to find a comparison matrix of the different models on the market through Google. Fortunately for me, the 802.11b/WiFi blog has already done the legwork to compare the feature sets, though their comparison chart needs to be updated to cover Microsoft’s entry into the market. Adam suggests the SMC model with print server in the discussion group (registration required). It looks like one of a couple of good entries.
Wireless hiatus
The good news: Doc got his base station back (the one that was lost a month ago at Linux World).
The bad news: my original graphite base station has bitten the dust. It continuously flashes amber and red lights (before now it would intermittently cycle into red and then back to normal functioning). It’s outside the range of known bad serial numbers, which means we’ll have to pay for a new one. Maybe I’ll have to put off that new DVD player for a month or two.
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