[LUNI] WiFi + Linux

[Martin Maney]

On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 03:59:55PM -0600, Jonas Valkiunas wrote:
> 
> Does anyone have experience with longer range WiFi outside of 
> home-office use?  I'd be looking for a range of ~2-3 city blocks.  Any 
> links for vendors, success cases etc. is a bonus.  Linux 
> interoperability of coarse is a must.

There was a school district in Michigan - SE Michigan maybe - that went that
route some years ago.  I really don't remember any more than that, so you
may as well be the one to petition the Great Ghod Ghoogle as I.

Hmmm, wait - it *may* have been written up in Linux Journal.  Okay, that
maybe I can check more easily.

<sound of rummaging>

Feb 97 - NF/Observatory Networking - they use Linux and have some radio
links between the experimenter's "town site" and a remote telescope.

Ah, here it is!  Sep 97, "Linux at Holt Public Schools" - WAN (radio) links
and Linux proxy servers form the basis of a computer network for this
Michigan public school system.

This is all a bit dated now.  The Holt tech plan is linked from their web
page (holt.k12.mi.us), and there's a link to a copy of the LJ article int he
"attachments" section at the end.

Boy, those top shelves are dusty!

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