[lug] Wireless kit?

[Gary Hodges]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank Whiteley" <techzone at greeleynet.com>
Date: Saturday, March 29, 2003 11:24 pm
Subject: Re: [lug] Wireless kit?

> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gary Hodges" <Gary.Hodges at noaa.gov>
> To: <lug at lug.boulder.co.us>
> Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 7:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [lug] Wireless kit?
> 
> 
> > Similar question as the OP.  I have just got Qwest DSL and I 
> would like
> > a good wireless setup so I can take a laptop into the back yard 
> and let
> > my mother watch her grandchildren play.  The Actiontech modem I got
> > from Qwest has a couple PCMCIA slots built in, but maybe it is 
> best to
> > go with some sort of wireless hub that connects to a RJ45 port.  
> I'm in
> > Florida now and so I don't have the DSL modem manual handy, but 
> I think
> > it is a model 1525.  Admittedly I haven't read the manual so 
> there may
> > be good suggestions there.
> >
> > Gary
> >
> It likely an ActionTec 1520S gateway.  The PCMCIA slot only works with
> ActionTec's $80+ wireless card, so if you're 'renting' the 
> gateway, well....
> You can buy the 1520S from ActionTec for $150+, but the firmware 
> load needs
> to be from Qwest, which is available online.  IMVHO, due to the 
> proprietarynature of the device and card, I'd consider buying a 
> Cisco678 on eBay and
> letting Qwest have the ActionTec back, saving the $5/month, and 
> get a
> wireless router or access point for the network.  I picked up a 
> Speedstreamwireless 4-port hub/router the other day cheaper than 
> PCMCIA wireless card.

Thanks for the reply Frank.  You bring up another point that I was 
going to ask about sometime, that is, can I buy another DSL modem and 
have it work with the Qwest service and avoid that $5.00 monthly 
charge?  I'll look for Cisco678 and see what they are going for.

Thanks,
Gary