Hi Joe,

I went to an Alloy product launch last night, and had a look at the 
WL1000 wireless access point. (www.alloy.com.au)

This unit look the biz. There is a little clip at the bottom that opens, 
and underneath are the antenna plugs, so theoretically you could pull the 
uni out of its enclosure, pole mount it in a weatherproof/shielded box, 
next to your antenna, and run cat5 + 12v to it.

This would be good because cable loss would be minimised.

I havent used them yet, but, I am getting some loan units soon.

Good luck.

-Mike N
-McPherson Street, MENORA, WA
-http://mikeamp.testikles.org/

> 
> 
> Opinions time:
> 
> What is better, getting a dedicated piece of hardware for an Access 
point (Apple
> Airport?) or setting up a PC (In this case, an old digital laptop 
picked up from
> auction (260$, wot a bargain!) with a wireless card + normal network 
card in the
> PCMCIA slots).
> 
> Price is not really an issue, but as my node will be the centre of a 
star
> topography type wireless LAN, the thing will have to be running 24/7 
and be
> reliable so Im thinking that a  wireless router would be better than a 
PC (Less
> muckin around with installing and maintain linux/windoze software, less 
sadness
> when lighting strikes cooks what's on the end of the wire). I must 
admit Im
> tempted to buy a wireless router for the 'toy' value alone.
> 
> So, whose had experience with wireless routers? What have you got and 
how hard
> was it to plonk an antenna on it? Was it worth the extra  bucks? Am I 
correct in
> calling these things wireless routers? :)
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Joe Parry
> 
> PS: Saw this on Toms Hardware
> (http://www4.tomshardware.com/technews/technews-20011024.html#0621)  
Does anyone
> know if these products are available in Aus? The Wireless Cable/DSL 
Router looks
> most tasty.
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>    Belkin Puts Out Five New Wireless Networking 
Gadgets                                           
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>         Wireless  home  networking, despite its price tag, lets you 
hook up all of your computing 
>         devices  without  the negative effect that punching holes in 
walls and running cables can 
>         produce  in  your  landlord.  Belkin's efforts to keep you from 
getting evicted include a 
>         slew  of new 802.11b-compliant wireless devices that will begin 
shipping in North America 
>         next  month. Belkin says its line of products offers 11Mbps 
data transfer rates, data and 
>         network  security with 64/128-bit WEP data encryption, and its 
own Belkin SOHO Networking 
>         Software. The Belkin 11Mbps Wireless Access Point, priced at 
$179.99, gives you a command 
>         point for hooking up your devices. The Belkin 11Mbps Wireless 
Cable/DSL Router, priced at 
>         $229.99,  has  an  integrated  3-port  10/100 Base-T Ethernet 
switch and an NAT firewall. 
>         Features  include  IP-Sec pass-thru, to let you use Virtual 
Private Networking (VPN), and 
>         DMZ hosting, which lets you place computers outside of the 
firewall for online gaming and 
>         the  like.  The  Belkin  11Mbps  Wireless Universal Serial Bus 
(USB) Adapter, which costs 
>         $99.99,  lets  you  hook  computers  up  to the network without 
cracking open the case or 
>         wasting  a  PCI slot. Last but not least, Belkin is pitching 
two add-in cards: the Belkin 
>         11Mbps  Wireless  Notebook  Card  ($99.99)  for notebook 
computers, and the Belkin 11Mbps 
>         Wireless  Desktop  PCI  Network Adapter Card ($39.99). While 
I'm generally against cutesy 
>         names for computer products, such utilitarian product names 
seem a tad uncreative.        
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