--- 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/