On 2009-06-02, Ben Goren <b...@trumpetpower.com> wrote: > On 2009 Jun 2, at 10:00 AM, Stuart Henderson wrote: > >> On 2009-06-02, K K <kka...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 7:32 AM, Ben Goren <b...@trumpetpower.com> >>> wrote: >>>> Anybody else have any suggestions? Nick? >>> >>> I have similar problems with a 'rum' USB stick in AP mode using WPA. >>> >>> See the man page for specific know issues with using this chipset in >>> Host AP mode. >>> >>> Can anybody suggest a readily available USB2 Wireless-G adapter which >>> works well as an AP? >>> >> >> USB wireless adapters do not work well as APs. >> >> The only ones where we support this at all are ural and rum, and >> though they can be useful in a sticky situation where it's all you >> have available, they don't make good access points. > > With that in mind...are any of these ``wireless bridge'' devices worth > considering? I have a spare PC Ethernet card for this laptop. > > This is one of Amazon's top hits for the sort of thing I'm thinking > of. If anybody has any suggestions on the matter, I'd appreciate it.... > > http://www.amazon.com/Linksys-WET610N-Wireless-N-Ethernet-Dual-Band/dp/B001QVQ7JU/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1243962805&sr=1-2 > > or: http://tinyurl.com/oe3nsg
heh, that one looks like it should make toast too. You can use any old access point. Wireless bridges are for client-mode i.e. connecting a machine that has wired ethernet only, to another AP.
