There is no real need for another NIC in your router unless you want to subnet the WiFi. Just plug the WiFi AP into your existing LAN.
-----Original Message----- From: Andrew Haninger [mailto:ahan...@mindspring.com] Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 8:41 PM To: Brent Gardner Cc: leaf-user@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [leaf-user] Adding wireless (WiFi) to Bering 3.1 uClibc box So it seems like I'm on the right track in general, which is mostly what I wanted to know. It doesn't sound like PCI wireless NICs are all that stable on Windows, let alone Linux 2.4, so it would be a crapshoot as to whether or not I'd end up with a useful card. Every so often, I entertain the idea of using a USB NIC, but then remember that I don't want the added hassle of a USB NIC. On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 8:18 PM, Brent Gardner <brent.gard...@gmail.com> wrote: > Another option would be to buy another wired NIC and a wireless AP > supporting the wireless technology of your choice. > > Bridge the new wired NIC to your 'internal' NIC, connect the new NIC to > a LAN (not WAN) port on the wireless AP, and you should be good to go. This may be the most feasible and long-term option. More feasible since wired NIC drivers are pretty stable on Linux. Long term since PCI is heading the way of the floppy and I'd probably be able to reuse an external AP should I ever replace my LEAF system. I'm also trying to avoid cards that require ndiswrapper which counts out about 80% of cards available on Newegg. Luckily, I've got plenty of spare wired NICs. Thanks. Andy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: leaf-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user Support Request -- http://leaf-project.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: leaf-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user Support Request -- http://leaf-project.org/
