12 March 1997
Today Internet Hawkes Bay completed the installation and testing of
their WaveLan radio connection to the KCCS hub at Napier. This is the first
of several radio internet connections expected to be installed in Napier over
the next few months.
Using PCrouter software with an internal WaveLan controller in a low end
PC at the KCCS end of the link and a WaveLan 'RangeLan' external controller
at the INHB end, the data link tested at an aveage 600Kbit/sec throughput
when initially connected.
With some finer aligning of the antennae and rerouting of cables the link
should mover closer to the maximum 1Mbit/sec throughput.
This radio link replace a Telecom 64K DDS circuit that connected INHB to
REAP (Rural Education Activities Program) in Taupo. INHP and REAP shared
a 64K DDS link to Waikato University and shared the cost of a fixed price
internet connection to Netway. REAP have decided not to move and will stay
with a Netway service from Waikato.
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