From: "Leon D. Zetekoff, NCE" Received: from [192.168.100.201] (HELO mail.2rosenthals.com) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.16) with ESMTP id 2552159 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:57:53 -0400 Received-SPF: none (secmgr-ny.randr: 208.97.132.74 is neither permitted nor denied by domain of backwoodswireless.net) client-ip=208.97.132.74; envelope-from=wa4zlw@backwoodswireless.net; helo=postalmail-a5.g.dreamhost.com; Received: from caiajhbdcahe.dreamhost.com ([208.97.132.74] helo=postalmail-a5.g.dreamhost.com) by secmgr-ny.randr with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MIVys-0003ke-Fa for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:57:52 -0400 Received: from [10.161.51.107] (24.115.160.130.res-cmts.flt.ptd.net [24.115.160.130]) by postalmail-a5.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8738ABE956 for ; Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:57:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from 127.0.0.1 (AVG SMTP 8.5.375 [270.12.83/2191]); Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:57:17 -0400 Message-ID: <4A3EBACC.50402@backwoodswireless.net> Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:57:16 -0400 Reply-To: wa4zlw@arrl.net Organization: BackWoods Wireless User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090302 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.6.666 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless] Re: Very basic wireless question References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="=======AVGMAIL-1693303C=======" X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: _SUMMARY_ --=======AVGMAIL-1693303C======= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit * Mark Henigan wrote, On 6/21/2009 4:41 PM: > Leon D. Zetekoff, NCE wrote: >> * Lewis G Rosenthal wrote, On 6/20/2009 9:11 AM: >> >>> On 06/19/09 09:25 pm, Mark Henigan thus wrote : >>> >>>> Lewis G Rosenthal wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:49:25 -0700 "Mark Henigan" >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>> >>> >>>>> 802.11a is another matter. This uses a different frequency >>>>> altogether, in the 5GHz band, and as such utilizes a completely >>>>> separate radio. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> So, it's even more inconsistent than I feared! How >>>> often will I be likely to run into each of these >>>> standards? If 802.11a is quite rare I may ignore it. >>>> >>> These days, 802.11a is surely not very popular. >> >> WiSP backhauls utilize 5 gHz unlicensed. There are a bunch of vendors >> that make a 2.4/5ghz radio card. I have a D-link for one and there >> are others as well as an FYI. >> >> I don't think you'll see much end-user 5 gHz stuff, that's my >> personal opinion. > What is a WiSP backhaul? I'm curious. HI Mark... WiSP = Wireless Internet Service Provider Backhauls are circuits whether wired or wireless that interconnect places. WiSPS also use 5 gHz from POP to CPE Leon --=======AVGMAIL-1693303C======= Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=======AVGMAIL-6F014E2B=======" --=======AVGMAIL-6F014E2B======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg=cert; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Content-Description: "AVG certification" No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.375 / Virus Database: 270.12.83/2191 - Release Date: 06/21/09 0= 5:53:00 --=======AVGMAIL-6F014E2B=======-- --=======AVGMAIL-1693303C=======--