!! 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 and add the following ingredients:



* 802.11b wireless network interface.

* SpeakFreely for your chosen operating system.

* A dozen geeks with similar setups at a MelbWireless meeting.

* Several dozen to watch on with amusement.

* Wireless infrastructure to make all this happen (AP, DNS, DHCP, SpeakFreely 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, 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 session. {/regexpicons/emoticons/emoticon-face7.png :-)}