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I'd like to convert my shop to wireless so I've been discussing my options with a Cisco rep. She says that their Airnet 1040 series will not only give me business ready 802.11n performance, but will allow my (1000 yr. old) PNC-1100 to run wireless. Is this possible?
-------------------- Terry Baird Baird Signs 3484 West Lake Rd. Canandaigua, NY 14424 Posts: 790 | From: Canandaigua, New York | Registered: Dec 2002
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when they built that PNC-1100 WIRELESS DIDNT EXIST)))))
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I have an ancient PNC-960 and once I tried to hook it up using a simple switcher box and it wouldn't even run with that configuration-- I wouldn't hold my breath trying to get it run "wirelessly". It's a great workhorse machine, but it is older technology...
If they get it work, let us know- that would be kinda cool
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Oil drillers in Texas found traces of copper wire at 2700 feet down in a hole, last week, concluding that native American Neatderthals had telephones.
Oil drillers in Europe, found pieces of fibre-optic cable at 2850 feet in northern Scandinavia, and concluded that Cro-Magnon Man there used to have the internet is some form.
Drillers in Ireland went down to 5500 feet and found nothing, thus concluding ancient Irish Druids had already gone wireless.
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"...there are no limits when you aim for perfection..." Jonathan Livingston Seagull Posts: 7014 | From: Highgrove via Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia | Registered: Dec 2002
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I have read on several other boards where folks want to try and hook a plotter up like a wireless printer,..a wireless printer can be a good thing because it can do the job needed while unattended,...but for the life of me I cannot figure out why someone would want to try and use a plotter that way,...the machine by nature cannot be used unattended and someone must walk over to it and load the media each time it is used,...so the idea of an unattended wireless plotter is kind unrealistic,as every time you use it one must walk over to the machine,....
-------------------- fly low...timi/NC is, Tim Barrow Barrow Art Signs Winston-Salem,NC Posts: 2224 | From: Winston-Salem,NC,USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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you could locate the plotter anywhere without regards to keeping it within 6 feet of a computer because of the cord, and with a wireless connection it's easy to connect multiple computers without fuddling with a KVM switch.
It would be handy but the plotter communication, especially if you rely on the information fed back from the plotter to set your jobs up, usually don't translate well through the wireless devices.
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Mike Pipes stickerpimp.com Lake Havasu, AZ mike@stickerpimp.com Posts: 8746 | From: Lake Havasu, AZ USA | Registered: Jun 2000
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AGAIN..........that plotter was made before WIRELESS, so its internals would more then likly have to be modified. and who told you 6 ft is all you can get hardwired? in my house in sarasota, my plotter was over 15 feet from the computer, and i had probably 20-25 foot of cable to get there. never had a problem. in fact, right now, even thou my plotter is only 5 foot from me, i have a 15 foot printer cable from plotter to my LPT-2 PORT which is added to the mother board.
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