--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Peter, > > The wireless thing at Linux World didn't happen. > > We were there, and the Etherboot guys were there, > but > we were all so swamped the entire time, that we just > never > got a chance to give it a try. > I'd like to work on PCI wireless cards, but > currently, > there are just way too many things that I should be > working > on instead. > > If someone is interested in doing this, I think it > should be a matter > of modifying the initrd to include the NIC module, > and finding > the correct Etherboot image to put on a floppy. > > That should be enough to get it booting. > > Then, the next trick would be to figure out how to > configure > features, such as WEP and ESSID. >
This raises a good question, is the current lts 3 secure enough to add wireless laptops, or should I just wait for something to lower the risk? > Jim McQuillan > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > On Wed, 20 Nov 2002, Peter Resciniti wrote: > > > I am looking to set up an machine with a wireless > PCI card > > so that it can be an LTSP workstation. The card is > a Linksys WMP 11 card for > > a workstaiton (it is a PCI card not a PCMCIA card > for a laptop). > > > > I have a Linksys Wireless Access Point (the WAP > 11). I can hook the client > > up to my network when it is running > > windows. This was very easy to setup. > > > > Now I want to make this client a LTSP workstation. > There > > is a linux driver for this wireless PCI card and I > have > > downloaded it (but I have not yet installed it).In > addition, I believe this > > card supports the Prism standard (I think that is > the name) which is preatty > > common among wireless network cards these days. > > > > I have downloaded the LTSP wireless file (3.0.5) > and I > > created a boot diskette with it. I did not think > this > > method would work since it seems most of the > effort has > > been put into support PCMCIA cards. However, I > thought I > > would just give it a shot. It did not work. The > error I got was a DHCP error > > saying either my DHCP server was not > > working or there was something wrong with my > driver for > > the network card. > > > > I noticed a few entries on the LTSP User Mailing > list talking about a trade > > show that was to occur this summer and talking > about setting up a wireless > > workstation (with a PCI card) and showing this off > at the tradeshow. > > > > It seemed several people were interested in > setting up this demo. However, I > > have not seen anything since regarding this > solution. > > > > Thus, I am wondering what happened at the trade > show and whether anyone has > > put together an LTSP package that will support > Wireless PCI cards. > > > > I really hope I can download a boot image that > will work with my setup. > > > > Any help in this regard would be greatly > appreciated. > > > > Peter > > > > > > > > > > Peter Resciniti > > 404-307-8105 - cell > > 404-325-1711 - home > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months > FREE* > > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > > Welcome to geek heaven. > > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or > change prefs, goto: > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on > irc.openprojects.net > > > > -- > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _____________________________________________________________________ > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or > change prefs, goto: > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus – Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net
