7/23    If anyone is thinking about getting an Airport Express, go for it.
        In addition to acting as either a standalone 802.11 base station
        or a 802.11 repeater, it also bridges ethernet to your wireless
        lan with ease. Right now I have my xbox connected to my AE and
        it automatically bridges the xbox to my lan. Now I can ftp my
        xbox and stick avi's and mp3s on there without having to run an
        ethernet cable down the stairs. - #1 Kool-Aid Drinker
        \_ Thanks for the tip, will try this.  For comparison, I have a
           Linksys WAP-54G with a hacked firmware on it which lets you almost
           quadruple the transmission wattage (nice.)  Also look at
           http://www.etherdesigns.com for some cool antennas that help
           eliminate the need for having to bridge.  -John
           \_ got a dumb question to ask you so I don't want to post it on
              the motd. What is your email address? There seems to be many
              johns on Soda. Thanks John,                       -newbie
              \_ Dumb questions are fine as long as you know it's a dumb
                 question. -!a-john
              \_ type "man finger" (and hit return (or enter, depending on your
                 keyboard))  (don't actually type the ""s (double quotes))
                 (you have to be logged in for this to work (with ssh))
                 Hey... you _said_ newbie...
                 \_ Which doesn't guarantee him getting the right 'john'.
           \_ FYI, you can configure the AE to act as a repeater/relay
              for your wap-54g.
              I've been thinking about selling my AEBS and buying a wap54-g
              instead. I need to support 802.11b clients (MacOS X/Win2k),
              802.11g (MacOS X) clients, WEP (128bit), mac addr based
              filtering and no ssid broadcast. Did you sent any of this
              up? Was it easy?
                \_ Yeah.  Dead simple.  And my address is 'john@csua...'.
                   I had a bit of trouble once getting an iBook to connect
                   to a non-Airport base station, but that was just me being
                   stupid.  If you mail me, I'll dig out the name of the
                   WAP-54g image that allows 80+ mw transmit.  -John
                   \_ 84mW --nerd
        \_ anyone ever buy from http://hyperlinktech.com? They seem to have a good
           selection and good prices. I'm thinking about providing some free
           community wireless and was looking at something like as 12-15db
           yagi or omnidirectional antenna.
           \_ http://Resellerratings.com doesn't have much info on them, and it's
              mixed...
              http://www.resellerratings.com/seller4103.html
                \_ mixed? the two reviews i read both said "very satisfied".
           \_ for purchases <$100, go to http://sharperconcepts.net. Similar product
                line but no minimum purchase, also oftentimes cheaper for
                quantity=1.