[ale] wireless lan that's not wifi?

[Michael D. Hirsch]

I believe that RFC 2549 (IP over Avian Carriers with Quality of Service) 
<http://www.rfc-archive.org/getrfc.php?rfc=2549> fits the description.  It is 
a networking protocol without any wires.  It does, howerver, use feathers.

I'm a little doubtful as to whether this was the system referred to, since, as 
to the best of my knowledge, it has only been implemented once.  You can read 
the write-up here: http://www.blug.linux.no/rfc1149/ and here 
http://linux.omnipotent.net/article.php?article_id=12239.

Hope that helps,

Michael

On Wednesday 25 August 2004 09:24 am, christopher at bergeron.com wrote:
> Could he be talking about HAM radio?  They've been
> using radio signals with modems to communicate miles
> with "wireless".
>
> There's also Ricochet, etc...
>
> -CB
>
> On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 09:01:16 -0400, Michael Still wrote:
> > On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 06:43:10 -0400, Geoffrey
> >
> > <esoteric at 3times25.net> wrote:
> > > So I'm talking to this guy yesterday and he tells me
> >
> > there's this
> >
> > > wireless technology out there that can be used for
> >
> > networking and he
> >
> > > refers to it as 'wireless lan.'  Says it's not wifi
> >
> > and actually has
> >
> > > been around longer than wifi.  Can't be bluetooth.
> >
> > So folks, anyone
> >
> > > know what this magical, mysterious technology is?
> >
> > This guy isn't blowing smoke.  I can't remember the
> > name of it right
> > now, but I do know that 802.11a,b,g isn't the first
>
> kid
>
> > on the block
> > for wireless data.  I'm pretty sure it was proprietary
> > technology only
> > sold by a few companies.  It's dead by now I figure.
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