[MLB-WIRELESS] alphalink wireless

[Steven Haigh]

afaik, the carrier needs to own the hardware, otherwise you come under the
carrier license clause....

Signed,
Steven Haigh
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Matt Pearce" <mattpearce at optusnet.com.au>
To: <melbwireless at wireless.org.au>
Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 5:20 PM
Subject: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] alphalink wireless


> What legal requirements ??
>
> Matt.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Eric Orton" <eric at mineralsprings.net.au>
> To: <melbwireless at wireless.org.au>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 5:05 PM
> Subject: [MLB-WIRELESS] alphalink wireless
>
>
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I contacted Alphalink asking about using my own equipment to connect to
> > their network, and possible support for non Windows machines (I only
> > have macs and PC's running FreeBSD ATM).
> >
> > This was the response...
> > > Eric,
> > >
> > > I wish it was that simple.  Unfortunately, we are not able to use your
> > > Hardware due to legal requirements.  The equipment that we use, has no
> > > support for anything other than the Windows operating system.  We hope
> > > that this will change in the near future, but have no dates at this
> > > stage.
> >
> > Looks like I may need to put Windows on a spare machine...  Or better
> > yet, Linux.  Some quick googling shows it supports this wireless
> > adaptor.
> >
> > FWIW, from the support pages it looks like they run a VPN over the
> > wireless connection
> > (http://wireless.alphalink.com.au/onlinehelp/xp_vpn.stm) and the
> > adaptors they use are Gigafast (Atmel) USB
> > (http://wireless.alphalink.com.au/onlinehelp/cpe_util.stm).
> >
> > Just in case I'm not the only other person interested in this
> > information.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Eric
> > --
> > Eric Orton
> > Mineral Springs Online
> > Eric.Orton at mineralsprings.net.au
> >
> >
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