Fw: Re: Sonos whole house audio system

[Gareth Cook <g@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I've got A B and G - and I really want the laptop to use wifi - and that
can do A.

Read somewhere it's based upon G standard. Not a problem for me.

G.

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Jim Noble <yahoo-groups@xxxxxxx>
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Gareth Cook wrote:

> Review here
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> http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT7647366603.html
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> I'm seriously considering order one up from the US - but I dont think
> they
> have stock until end Jan.



Have you seen this?

http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000080023589/

> *How do the ZonePlayers connect up to the system?*
> First, they work wirelessly over the wifi band. Very few people have
> structured Ethernet wiring. This allows you to put the units where you
> want them to go, not where your networking is available. We built a
> mesh networking technology on top of that, so you?re not tethered to
> an access point. Basically, as long as each unit can see another unit,
> they?ll work together as a system.
> *Is this 802.11g?*
> It is 802.11g wave form. The mesh networking is something else, which
> we call Sonosnet.
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I'd want to know if it interferes with your wifi network, before buying
one...
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Jim