On Tuesday 09 July 2002 07:54 am, Net Llama! wrote: > On Mon, 8 Jul 2002, David A. Bandel wrote: > > On Mon, 08 Jul 2002 20:12:14 -0700 > > > > begin "Net Llama!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spewed forth: > > > i guess i'm showing my ignorance. so a base-station/access-point is > > > basically an embedded device that doesn't need an OS based driver to > > > work? > > > > > > i guess i need "wireless for dumbies", cause i don't fully understand > > > how it all comes together. > > > > commercial "access points" cannot be used as anything but that, they > > can't be used as Master or Repeater stations. It has to do with > > proprietary code in the cards, and the big boys don't want anyone to > > muck with their gravy trains. > > > > In a linux box, however, a wireless card in ad-hoc mode is basically an > > ethernet card. You do need to understand radio signals and how they > > work, fresnell zones, and more, but that's not hard either. > > > > Tell me what you need, I'll give you more than you've ever wanted to > > know. > > OK, what i attempted to diagram in my previous email was, that i'm > getting DSL activated this Friday at home. My grand plan (excluding the > WiFi > stuff) is to run a Freesco box box that has 2 NICs, one plugged directly > into the DSL router that the DSL provider gives me, and then the other > plugged into a 10 port hub (yes, i know switches are better, but this is > all i have on hand, and all i can afford right now). I've got 2 linux > boxes that my wife & I use, plus 2 laptops (also linux). everything is a > static (10.x.x.x) IP, and will have the Freesco box as its gateway to the > internet. > > Now my vision for wireless is to get 1 or 2 wireless cards for the > laptops, and a base-station/access-point. Plug the access-point into the > hub, point it to the Freesco box as the gateway (as i'm already doing), > and then get the laptops online anywhere in my house. > > So, is this possible, or am i completely misunderstanding what wireless > can do for me?
You got it right. Just find wireless NICs that you can get working under Linux. The base-station could care less that the router and wireless clients are running Linux or anything else. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
