Re: [NTLK] wish list for WaveLAN driver

From: Laurent Daudelin (laurent_daudelin_at_fanniemae.com)
Date: Fri Mar 15 2002 - 13:17:55 EST


On 15/03/02 13:10, "Prabhakar Ragde" <plragde_at_plg2.math.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:

>> My personal wish list for the next "iterations":
>>
>> 1. Network name configuration
>> 2. Network password configuration (i.e. enabling WEP)
>> 3. Low-power mode
>
> Our wireless network at work is a VPN. From my PowerBook with AirPort
> card, I have to connect to a particular URL with a browser using
> https, type in a name and password, and then I can use any
> Internet-aware application I want -- but it somehow checks every
> twenty seconds, so I can't let the machine go to sleep. I have the
> feeling wishing that I could use my Newton in such an environment is
> too much, and I have to scale back to the more realistic goal of using
> at home with my ABS. --PR

Ahhhhh, dreaming never cost anything!

-Laurent.

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