*sigh* I've avoided getting any wireless hardware for various reasons. Now I'm in a situation where my life is much easier if I dive in. Well, I'm part way there. I've at least got a wireless card that works with the access point (whatever it is) that I need it to. But having a piece of hardware that only works for me six to eight hours a day at a specific location just doesn't sit right with me, so I decided to get an access point for home. That's when my pain started. After struggling for hours to get a Linksys WPC11v3 and a Linksys WAPv2.2 to talk to each other, I stumbled across several comments on several mailing lists that indicate that these two devices are not compatible with each other. That's right, same vendor and they won't talk. Surprised? I didn't think so. According to a few postings I saw, Linksys is aware of the problem and recommends buying an older version of either the card or the WAP. The thing that rankles me is that at least one of those messages was posted in January, indicating that the problem has existed for at least seven months without a resolution. So I exchanged the WAPv2.2 for a WMP11 PCI wireless card hoping to use it as an access point in my desktop with the help of the Prism2 HostAP project. No dice. *That* requires a firmware update to firmware that is not available as an official update from Linksys. It's apparently possible to use any prism2 firmware with any vendor's prism2 based cards, but there seemed to be some indication that some people have smoked their cards doing this. So I'm back on the hunt for a real WAP. Chump^WCompUSA only carries one more model that isn't also a hub -- it's a Netgear model that requires Windows in order to configure it (through its USB port). I won't buy it on principle, but I don't have access to any Windows machines, anyhow (and intend on keeping it that way). This is trying my commitment to my principles, however, as I'm at that 'I just want it to work' stage about right now. Does anyone know of a WAP that:
o is configurable entirely from Linux like the Linksys which uses a web interface o isn't also a wired hub -- I don't want to pay for what I don't need -- one RJ45 connection is all I need, thank you o is known to work with the WPC11v3 Linksys card ? -- -Paul Iadonisi Senior System Administrator Red Hat Certified Engineer / Local Linux Lobbyist Ever see a penguin fly? -- Try Linux. GPL all the way: Sell services, don't lease secrets _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
