[WEB4LIB] Wireless on the cheap (or not) .. comments?

[Dan Lester]

Boise State is one of many libraries that offers wireless (and wired)
access to users with laptops.  I'm sure Bill will post about his
lib-wireless list that covers this topic in more depty.

Wireless hubs (access points) cost considerably more than wired hubs,
and the users' wireless cards will cost considerably more than
standard net cards.  Of course you save a lot of wiring and make
things much more convenient.

Our campus has wireless in the library, in the student union, and in
several other buildings.  How soon it is everywhere will depend in
part on future budgets.

We've basically ignored the security issue, since the wireless users
can't access anything that anyone in the world can't access from
elsewhere.  We're outside the university firewall.

dan

Thursday, December 12, 2002, 8:26:47 AM, you wrote:

CL> In an abrupt change of topic from the interesting
CL> Newsday article  posted today ( I dont judge their scene harshly  ) and 
CL> in the interest of keeping up with the Joneses,
CL> does anyone want to share success stories with
CL> implementing your own in-house wireless services for your patrons. 
CL> This is *not* currently my area of knowledge, have plenty of  catching
CL> up to do, but it seems that if they are marketing modest wireless
CL> technology in the Sunday Paper to consumers, many of you would be trying
CL> this @ the library.
CL> Costs?
CL> Security?
CL> Other issues etc.

CL> TIA
CL> Chuck 



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