[MLB-WIRELESS]Wireless experiments-Melb WISP

[paul van den bergen]

On Mon, 6 Jan 2003 02:25 pm, lkhoo at csc.com.au wrote:
> Paul said :
> >allow the OPE (on premises equipment) to communicate not just with the ISP
>
> AP,
>
> >but with other users omnis.  throttle the bandwidth on the wifi link to
>
> say
>
> >500kbps and use the rest of the bandwidth for other users routed traffic.
> >extend your access to the AP enourmously and lowers the required power for
>
> a
>
> >given bw as more users come online - self limiting ultimately, but
>
> initially
>
> >very good.
>

console logon by ISP???

once you have a semi smart box, there are a lot of things you can do.  the 
trick is making them cheap enough... :-)

> How would this work without user intervention?
> Special software that contains a login client/routing software etc? Or
> could there be an extra bit of hardware? ISP supported and configured
> Wireless combination bridge/router AP?
>
> Now there is an idea. Certain key locations they could put AP's in peoples
> premises. Hardware is still owned by the ISP so if the client ends the
> contract then the AP is returned. The advantage for the local user could be
> that they do not need a directly connected omni to wireless card. Plus no
> drilling holes in walls etc.
>
> Lucas
>
>
>
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Dr Paul van den Bergen
Centre for Advanced Internet Architectures
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would somebody get this big walking carpet out of my way?

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