Re: [NTLK] WIFI - Don't Make the Newt Do It

Actually linksys makes such devices
I have a wga11b which only does wep security, but the newer versions do wpa2. They are usually called "game adapters" but the newt works great.

I could even power my adapter with 4 AA batteries, but I had to make my own bettery tray for that.
Before I had an orinoco card, that's how I'd get online onn open networks.

-Donald
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-----Original Message-----
From: THOMAS ZAHM <zimzahm@verizon.net>

Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:48:54
To:newtontalk@newtontalk.net
Subject: Re: [NTLK] WIFI - Don't Make the Newt Do It

You might also try some 802.11 precursors or
alternatives.

Proxim made some equipment that max'd out at around 2
Mpbs and for which there were Newton drivers. Plenty
fast enough for the MessagePad. Plus, you'd get
security through obscurity in spades.

There was even an article on the Newted Community
about it. Might even find some of the stuff around if
I dug deep enough.

Yours in Newtondom,
Tom Zahm

> -----Original Message-----
> From: newtontalk-bounce@newtontalk.net
[mailto:newtontalk-
> bounce@newtontalk.net] On Behalf Of Steve
> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 12:10 PM
> To: newtontalk@newtontalk.net
> Subject: [NTLK] WIFI - Don't Make the Newt Do It
>
>
> I have pretty much steered clear of WEP and 80211.b
lately because of
 the
> (in)security issues. I was thinking that the "best
thing" might be a
> little
> device/router that did all the WIFI, etc
communication work
 (including WPA
> for security), and let the Newt think it was
communicating over a
 regular
> ethernet (or even serial?) connection. However, I
have yet to find
> something
> like that.

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