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THE WORLD\'S MOST EXPENSIVE WALKIE TALKIES.
So just what would the world's most expensive walkie talkies consist
of? Take a modern high end notebook PC running Windows, Linux or
FreeBSD [1] and add the following ingredients:
* 802.11b wireless network interface.
* SpeakFreely [2] for your chosen operating system.
* A dozen geeks with similar setups at a MelbWireless [3] meeting.
* Several dozen to watch on with amusement.
* Wireless infrastructure to make all this happen (AP, DNS, DHCP,
SpeakFreely [4] conference server).
And you have a recipe for a lot of fun and experimentation. All that
needs to be done then is to load up SpeakFreely [5], plug in one's
headset and walk around talking to everyone else!
Unlike other walkie talkies, you can also surf web servers on the
LAN, play games, leech files and do other cool things while chatting.
Got my sound working under Linux, so I'll be changing operating
systems for the next VoIP [6] session.
Links:
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[1] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?FreeBSD
[2] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?SpeakFreely
[3] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?MelbWireless
[4] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?SpeakFreely
[5] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?SpeakFreely
[6] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?VoIP
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