[PLUG] Wireless network

[Carla Schroder]

On Saturday 05 March 2005 11:09 am, Ovid wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm running a computer with an FC2/Win2000 dual boot.  I need to set it
> up on my wireless network, but I don't know what sort of card would be
> good for FC2, or how to set it up for that matter.  Does anyone have
> any personal experience on good hardware I can look at that would be
> suitable?  
> 
> Internal or external.  I'm not picky.
> 
>

There are two ways to go wireless on Linux: easy, or excruciatingly painful. 
The pain comes from idiot hardware vendors changing their wireless chipsets 
every other day, almost always to some weird thing that is not supported in 
Linux. The easy way is to buy a Senao/EnGenius 2511 card, like this one with 
a built-in antenna:
http://www.netgate.com/product_info.php?cPath=26_39&products_id=42

The Senao card also comes in PCI, and can take an external antenna. It has 
about 7 times the transmitting power of most other PCI adapters, so you won't 
have a lot of dropped connections or slow speeds. Fedora should autodetect 
the card and load the correct drivers, all you have to do is enter your 
network configs. http://fedoranews.org/ is a good help resource.

These Linux Planet articles might be helpful:

Connecting to a Wireless LAN with Linux, Part 2
http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/tutorials/5736/1/

 Connecting to a Wireless LAN with Linux, Part 1
http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/tutorials/5728/1/


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