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Most commonly provided by [802.11b], which uses the 2.4GHz microwave band, designated for low-power unlicensed use by the FCC in the USA in 1985 (Reserved because 2.4GHz is the resonant frequency of water, and that's how a microwave oven works - 2.4GHz waves break bonds in water!).
802.11b networking normally requires some [PCMCIA] cards and a BaseStation (else you can just use AdHoc peer-to-peer mode), and provides about 11mbit networking. Someone else flesh this one please.
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+You may also want to read about [FresnelZone], a phenomenon which occurs with long range(?) wireless links.
[CRCnet] is a project that is setting up wireless networking between WaikatoUniversity and some remote schools. It is run by the WandGroup.
They gave a presentation to [WLUG] about Wireless Networking - see [MeetingTopics.2003-06-23].
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