On 5/11/04 12:58 PM, "Stefan Jeglinski" <jeglin@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Nextel has initiated broadband wireless coverage in my area (Ral-Dur > USA) after a brief trial period. The PC card in use is the Flarion > ct-1000. It works with Windows only, but there's no evidence that > there is anything special or proprietary going on, In fact, a Nextel > drone told me that OSX/Linux should work, but it merely "not > supported." This generally means a driver needs to be written, but > that the only proprietary info might be related to the chipset and > not the access itself. > > Anyone here know what might be involved in more detail, getting this > to work in OSX (or Linux)? > > > Stefan Jeglinski I wrote about this trial (see http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/wireless/library/wi-roam20/index.html and the problem is that the Flarion system itself is non-standard. This may complicate actually being able to hop onto the network, as opposed to just knowing that it is there. Best, Larry Loeb