Exactly.. thats how my setup is working, sorta.. my broadband(wireless type dsl) into my tsl server with 2 nics out to a 8pt switch and the access point is plugged with a standard rj45 directly into the switch.
Bill Day Linux 2.2.20-1tr i586 8:10pm up 18 days, 10:06, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 ----- Original Message ----- From: Michael Hipp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 9:19 AM Subject: Re: Wireless (802.11) website? > 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. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.373 / Virus Database: 208 - Release Date: 7/1/02 _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
