--- Forwarded Message from barbara sawhill <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2000 09:48:56 -0500 >From: barbara sawhill <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: is wireless just for macs? >Originator-info: login-id=psawhill; server=mail.oberlin.edu >To: [log in to unmask] The answer to this question is no... wireless is a cross platform phenomenon. Our laptop classroom uses a Lucent Technologies hub that happily "talks" with the iBooks and their Airport cards as well as any DELL or IBM laptop that might have a wireless card installed. What we see happening is that faculty or students who already own laptops with the wireless cards can then bring their laptops to the classroom and use the wireless connection -in addition to- the 20 or so iBooks in the classroom. What is more, now that we have wireless access in our library, the language lab, as well as in many public outdoor areas... people with wireless PDAs and wireless cards in their laptops can wander about unthethered to the network and still be connected. So, given the recent spell of balmy weather here in Northeast Ohio, many have been the times that my intern and I have thought about getting moving our offices (ie a couple of laptops) outside and continuing our work in the sunshine via wireless. Our productivity curve might flatten out, but hey, it's fun.... Barbara Sawhill Director Cooper International Learning Center (The Language Lab) Peters Hall Oberlin College 50 North Professor Street Oberlin, Ohio 44074 phone: 440-775-8595 fax 440-775-6888 Visit the Language Lab @ http://www.oberlin.edu/~ilc/