clueless wireless question

[Tony Alfrey]

On Monday 12 April 2004 08:16 am, Net Llama! wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Apr 2004, Tony Alfrey wrote:
> > > There are quite a few different external antennas that will fit
> > > the APE you might be able to find
> > > one that will get the signal out to you.
> >
> > Yes, we found one with gobs of signal that is cheaper than the
> > Apple antenna!
>
> Yea, Apple's access point is one of the most expensive out there, and
> you're not really getting anything special.  As with most Apple
> products, you're paying for the name & the aethestics.

Yes, I agree (although I don't mind supporting some of the aesthetics, 
especially some of the babes that work at the Apple store;  I couldn't 
resists spending my money on the Airport. - -  no flame please!!)

In this case, what I'm buying in the short-term is an absolutely 
zero-hassle set-up solution while I learn how to do this right.  The 
aphorism "time is money" could not be more accurate in this case.
And any debate that I might get into with my wife about why her windoze 
box wireless connection is not working I can now easily deflect  ;-)


-- 
Tony Alfrey
tonyalfrey at earthlink.net
"I'd rather be sailing"