[PLUG] WiFi Recommendation

Jon Jacob jon at manymoons.net
Sat Jul 6 18:33:31 UTC 2002


I just ran across that.  Don't know how I missed it before.

Sounds like RH7.2 is kind of a pain with the wireless pcmcia card,
though.  Has anybody had any experience with this, and is RH7.3 any
better?

On Sat, 2002-07-06 at 11:21, Aaron Baer wrote:
> On Sat, 2002-07-06 at 07:00, Jon Jacob wrote:
> > Okay, after a week of combing the town, I cannot find a place to go to
> > around town that has non-wireless access.
> > 
> > So, I am thinking I just bite the bullet and get a pcmcia card for my
> > laptop and a hub for my home.
> 
> Sounds like a good idea to me. Check out http://www.personaltelco.net
> for great information regarding wireless networking. And you might even
> be interested in setting up a NoCat  box (firewall and authentication
> trap(open mode for public access)) and becoming a Public Node. 
> 
> > 
> > My first question is what do people recommend?
> > 
> 
> Something with the Prism2 chipset will provide you with the most
> options. Again you can get some good references at the site above. Most
> all cards will work under Linux. Those with the prism2 chipset will a
> low you to put your card and Linux machine into AP mode. However if you
> only plan on having you machine in client mode this doesn't matter as
> much and the Cisco and Orinoco cards will work fine. 
> 
> > My second is have your experiences been good?  
> 
> Yes. Very Very good.
> 
> Is it easy enough to use
> > linux to connect anywhere around I can find a wifi bubble?
> > 
> 
> Again, Yes. There is yet to be a nice software front end for changing
> your wireless settings but it's very contained and easy to learn which
> files will be modified to set you wi-fi settings and tools like
> iwconfig. 
> 
> A-
> 
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