[Gllug] Strange Attractor Talk
Kim Hawtin
kim at aldigital.co.uk
Thu Oct 4 13:10:59 UTC 2001
> I work on a voluntary basis for the Highbury Roundhouse Community Centre
> in Islington, they are planning to get some new computers, If they can
> find someone willing to give them the dosh.
>
> The main office and the computer classroom are about 50 metres away,
> nothing in the middle.
>
> Because the charity is keeping up with very limited resources, and now
> they have an ISDN line in the back building, I think it would be
> economically wise in the long run to get ADSL, and connect the networks
> in both buildings, wiring is not an option. NTL 25 UKP/M.
>
> Speed is not a problem I suppose 11 Mbit would be more than enough
> considering ADSL speed.
>
> How much would the hardware cost? And what hardware would be advisable?
>
> The back building with the classroom is connected through a P120, 24MB
> RAM, running SmoothWall 0.98. Now there are 6 computers, but we hope that
> we will add about 6 more. The office is running a mix of W98 and W95.
> Three PC's in there.
there are a range of ehternet bridge style wireless thingies that
would prolly be best suited to you application.
the dlink dwl-1000 comes to mind, but thats because i read an
article on it yesterday ...
http://seattlewireless.net/index.cgi/DlinkAccessPoint
is a starting point!
yours,
kim
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