A major goal of the project was to satisfy the growing student demand for computing resourcesa common call in these days of heavy computer use. The project required no construction, very little wiring, and did not impose on any existing use of library space. JC Polanycia, also of ITS' MSG, took on the job of technical implementation. He investigated various software and hardware possibilities and figured out how to make it all work. When students want to use a computer, they must first register with the Law library and take responsibility for any damage that might occur.
Students then can check out a laptop for two hours at a time.
Once they have it in their hands, they take the small antenna that is connected to the transceiver and attach it to the laptop screen. Radio waves from the antennas connect the laptops to the hubs and the hubs to UCB's network. As long as the students sit in areas of the library that are not out of reach of the hubs' waves, students can connect to the Internet and local UCB systems. Bodnar toured a wireless facility at the University of Pittsburgh in 1996 when he first began investigating wireless LANs and says he has heard of several other universities who have either implemented a pilot wireless LAN or are considering implementing one.