Wireless (802.11) website?

[David A. Bandel]

On Mon, 08 Jul 2002 20:12:14 -0700
begin  "Net Llama!" <netllama at linux-sxs.org> spewed forth:

> i guess i'm showing my ignorance.  so a base-station/access-point is 
> basically an embedded device that doesn't need an OS based driver to
> work?
> 
> i guess i need "wireless for dumbies", cause i don't fully understand 
> how it all comes together.
> 

commercial "access points" cannot be used as anything but that, they can't
be used as Master or Repeater stations.  It has to do with proprietary
code in the cards, and the big boys don't want anyone to muck with their
gravy trains.

In a linux box, however, a wireless card in ad-hoc mode is basically an
ethernet card.  You do need to understand radio signals and how they work,
fresnell zones, and more, but that's not hard either.

Tell me what you need, I'll give you more than you've ever wanted to know.

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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