Wireless (802.11) website?

[Net Llama!]

excellent, thanks for the explanation.  i don't care about making the
workstations that i have wireless.  they're both in the same place.  i
just want to be able to grab my laptop, and sit in the bedroom, or
wherever, and get online.

On Tue, 9 Jul 2002, Michael Hipp wrote:

> If you just want your Linux box to be wireless, all you need is a wireless
> access point sitting on a shelf somewhere and connected to your LAN. If it
> is a Linksys model, you config it via browser.  Think of it as a hub with
> no wires. Er, actually 1 wire, the one connecting to the LAN that gets the
> wireless 'puters out to the big wide world. But in any case, no O/S issues.
>
> BTW, pick the location carefully. Once the signal starts passing through
> walls, it goes to nothing in a hurry. Installed a setup last week in an
> Attorney's house. Pretty big house prolly 4000+ square feet. With the
> access point/router in the geographic center of the house, Signal was
> approaching unusable at both ends of house. This particular AP/Rtr connects
> directly to the DSL and handles the PPPoE for DSL as well as NAT, DHCP and
> all the wireless stuff. It will also do VPN. My attorney friend bragged
> later that he could surf the net on his laptop while sitting on the
> "throne".
>
> You then need a USB, PCI or PCcard wireless NIC connected to the roving
> Linux box. Like any NIC, of course, you need a module/driver. I'm told
> plenty of them work, but I can't say that for sure. LinkSys usually gives
> Linux setup info for their devices.
>
> Michael
>
> On Monday 08 July 2002 10:12 pm, Net Llama! wrote:
> > 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.
> >
> > Michael Hipp wrote:
> > > I'm not sure what sort of compatibility issue there could be with base
> > > stations (I'm assuming base station = access point). The various PCI,
> > > USB and PCcards would more likely pose problems.
> > >
> > > http://www.linksys.com has some pretty good data here and there. They
> > > even acknowledge the existence of Linux.
> > >
> > > I've used their wireless gear without problems, but not all of it in
> > > all configurations.
> > >
> > > Michael
> > >
> > > On Monday 08 July 2002 09:49 pm, Net Llama! wrote:
> > >>Does anyone know of a good website that shows what kind of wireless
> > >> gear works with linux?  I'm more concerned with the base stations than
> > >> anything else.  thanks!

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