Josh Wiggins
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<td align="left"><font class="option" color="#363636"><b>Portland
Airport Gets Free WiFi</b></font> </td>
<td align="right"><span style="text-align: center;">Thursday,
July 29 @ 07:37:53 PDT</span> </td>
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<p><font class="content">Last night at the <a
title="http://www.personaltelco.net/"
href="http://www.personaltelco.net/" target="new">PersonalTelco</a>
meeting in Portland, Oregon, <a title="http://www.joejava.com/"
href="http://www.joejava.com/" target="new">Nigel Ballard</a>
announced that the <a
title="http://www.portlandairportpdx.com/web_pop/PDXHOme.htm"
href="http://www.portlandairportpdx.com/web_pop/PDXHOme.htm"
target="new">Portland International Airport</a> will have free Wi-Fi.
The <a title="http://www.portlandairportpdx.com/web_pop/POPPRESS.asp"
href="http://www.portlandairportpdx.com/web_pop/POPPRESS.asp"
target="new">Port of Portland</a> will turn on 25 access points by
Oct. 1 and offer free WiFi at gates and check-in areas for one year.
The <a title="http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps5861/"
href="http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps5861/" target="new">Cisco
1300</a> and <a
title="http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/wireless/ps430/ps4076/index.html"
href="http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/wireless/ps430/ps4076/index.html"
target="new">1200 series</a> units are backhauled with a T-3
connection. After the first year, the Oregon Port authority will then
re-evaluate the service and decide whether to charge or not. Also in
October, <a title="http://www.joejava.com/freeforall.htm"
href="http://www.joejava.com/freeforall.htm" target="new">the
Willamette Week article on free WiFi</a> is due to appear in the <a
title="http://www.spiritmag.com/" href="http://www.spiritmag.com/"
target="new">South West Airlines flight magazine</a>. </font></p>
<p><font class="content"> Ballard (right) also said he is evaluating
the <a title="http://www.possio.com/" href="http://www.possio.com/"
target="new">Possio PX30</a>, a one-piece AP. Ballard claims he has
one of the few units in the United States. <a
title="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=6499"
href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=6499" target="new">The
Possio PX30</a> is a hackable Linux-based wireless router featuring
WLAN, Bluetooth, OSGi (Open Services Gateway Initiative), and Java
support. It is an open platform supported by a " <a
title="http://devzone.possio.com/" href="http://devzone.possio.com/">Developer
Zone</a>" website, and can integrate diverse kinds of networks. </font></p>
<p><font class="content"><a
title="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=6499"
href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=6499" target="new">The
PX30 is based on a single-board computer with an Intel XScale PXA255
processor</a> running at 300MHz. It boots from a 32MB internal Flash
disk, and includes 64MB of RAM. An available option adds WAN
connectivity through support for GPRS, UMTS/TDD or FDD, with additional
protocol support under development. Here's more on Possio from <a
title="http://linuxdevices.com/articles/AT7459336271.html"
href="http://linuxdevices.com/articles/AT7459336271.html">Linux Devices</a>
and <a
title="http://www.gizmodo.com/archives/possio_px30_magic_box.php"
href="http://www.gizmodo.com/archives/possio_px30_magic_box.php">Gizmodo</a>.
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<p><font class="content">Ballard also noted that the <a
title="http://www.ohsu.edu/" href="http://www.ohsu.edu/" target="new">Oregon
Health Sciences Center</a> will soon offer free WiFi for both patients
and administrators. The network, composed of some 125, <a
title="http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/wireless/ps430/ps4076/index.html"
href="http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/wireless/ps430/ps4076/index.html"
target="new">Cisco 1200 series</a> APs, is actually two networks in
one, a secure internal network using end-to-end security, and an
external network for patients. The hospital has to deal with a
demanding set of security requirements spelled out in the <a
title="http://informationweek.mobilepipeline.com/wlans/22100667"
href="http://informationweek.mobilepipeline.com/wlans/22100667"
target="new">Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act</a> (<a
title="http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/"
href="http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/" target="new">HIPAA</a>) of 1996. </font></p>
<p><font class="content">Unrelated is the <a
title="http://www.joejava.com/prenmrunetwork.htm"
href="http://www.joejava.com/prenmrunetwork.htm" target="new">Portland
Research and Education Network</a> (<a title="http://www.pren.net/"
href="http://www.pren.net/" target="new">PRENnet</a>) which is using
80.16a-like backhaul between OHSU on the hill above Portland and
Portland State University, a few miles below. </font></p>
<p><font class="content">Another noteworthy tidbit; Portland's transit
agency, <a title="http://www.trimet.org/" href="http://www.trimet.org/"
target="new">Tri-Met</a>, is experimenting with mobilized WiFi on at
least one of their light rail cars on <a
title="http://www.trimet.org/schedule/r100.htm"
href="http://www.trimet.org/schedule/r100.htm" target="new">the
Airport run</a>. According to Nigel it's currently working in tests but
the solution is a proprietary one. </font></p>
<p><font class="content">Portland appears to be on its way to becoming
an "unwired" city -- arrive at PDX, take the train into the city, and
get off at Pioneer Square -- with free WiFi all the way. </font></p>
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