[PLUG] Metrofi wins Rogue of the Week

Jim Karlock jjkarlock at gmail.com
Wed Jan 9 23:21:33 UTC 2008


At 03:02 PM 1/9/08, Paul Charles Leddy wrote:
>you know why, right? same here, btw
>
>On Jan 9, 2008 2:06 PM, Alan <alan at clueserver.org> wrote:
>
> > > Chief rabble-rouser Russell puts Metrofi in the spotlight.
> > >    http://wweek.com/editorial/3409/10212/
> >
> > My laptop can see a MetroFi node from my desk at work.  I have never been
> > able to get an IP address from it or connect in any usable way.
> >
> > Amazingly bogus crap.

The official story is that they use the highest power allowed, so 
they transmit farther than the typical wireless. Their solution is 
for you to to get a high power card.

Thanks
JK


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