[MLB-WIRELESS] alphalink wireless

[Matt Pearce]

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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