On Fri, 2003-08-15 at 08:01, nori heikkinen wrote: > hey all, > > my roommate (who has a laptop) and i are thinking about either running > cables all the way around our apartment, or setting up a wireless > point from my debian box. i'd enjoy doing the latter, but before i > buy the hardware, i thought i'd check with my most valuable > information source about what debianites are happy with in terms of > brands, models, &c. > > any particular suggestions / references / aversions?
Wired is much faster. Support for 802.11a isn't really there yet. 802.11b is okay, but trying to move large amounts of data (like ssh'ing mp3's around) tends to cause errors (apparently a known bug; newer drivers are a bit better about recovering from this). I use wireless for general surfing, but when I need to move a lot of data, I plug in a cable. My hardware is a linksys 802.11a/b access point; I use an ambicom card in my Linux laptop. hth
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