Re: Linux & Wireless networking

[Kara Pritchard <kara@luci.org>]

On Tue, 22 Jan 2002, James L. Burke wrote:

> Steve,
> 
> Any of those access points are in line with what I'd expected to pay ... 
> which one will work with a minimum hassle at my house?  
> 
> I have a P-233 with MS Windows (TM) 98 Second Edition for my wife and 
> children, a P-120 with Red Hat 7.2 (no VMWare installed) as a firewall, and I 
> plug in my Sceptre laptop (Red Hat 7.2) several times a week to work from 
> home ...
> 
> That's the reason for the wireless ... I'd like to be able to take the laptop 
> anywhere in the house, but my firewall is just a bare bones box with no 
> VMWare ... maybe I should plug the access point into the MS Windows (TM) box?
> 
You only have to plug the card in long enough to configure it. Our AP 
(Access Point) is sitting atop a bookshelf downstairs, simply plugged into 
the network. It isn't attached to any PC. As long as you have something 
doing DHCP and routing over a network, just plug in the AP to that, after 
it's been configured.

> Also, what card would you sell me to go into my Sceptre laptop's pcmcia slot? 
> (I assume this will be whatever card your using in your Sceptre ... I guess 
> it pays to buy the same equipment Steve uses and just wait for him to work 
> out the bugs)  ; )
> 
Steven didn't quote PCI cards. He's only quoting PCMCIA cards. The Orinoco 
Gold cards are PCMCIA for your laptop.

We have no PCI cards in our house.

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