Re: [SLUG] Home Wireless
Hi Mehmet, Thanks for this. I have now installed a netgear wireless router/access point and have a Netgear USB MA111 thing to connect with. (Now just got to get this working under linux with iwconfig friends!) The 'big picture' part I was missing totally is that the router/access point itself, logs on to the ISP, so one can connect to the hub with either computer, using whatever OS the user selects (if properly configured). In fact, with Telstra Bigpond (cable) this actually makes things easier as it is not necessary to run BPALogin (or buggy telstra written equivalent) on client computers wishing to connect to the internet. So all in all, much easier, cleaner and nicer than I was anticipating. Now I've got to get back to those iwconfig command and ifcfg-wlan0 files. I suspect your comment set up in Ad-Hoc mode will proove valuable. Thanks again, Hal - Original Message - From: Mehmet Yousouf [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2004 19:27:32 EST To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SLUG] Home Wireless two easy ways of achieving this: A: ADSL Router/modem/hub that will do the connecting a wireless access point and two wireless cards set to managed I've used D-Link with no problems. access point is plugged into the modem. B: The setup I have at home is an ADSL modem connected to an expensive linux firewall box (pentium 200, 64mb ram, 6.4 gig hd, cdrom, network card, wireless (D-Link) card running a proxy server (not neccessary but handy for statistics), a mail server, webserver, and groupware for the family (using group-office right now). add wireless cards as needed to other pcs and set up in Ad-Hoc mode. If you have any questions, more than happy to assist. Regards, Mehmet -- ___ Get your free email from http://www.iname.com -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Home Wireless
The givens: 1) I'm a know-nothing idiot/goose/n00b. 2) A computer attached to broadband that dual boots but usually runs some proprietary OS, and is switched off when not actually in use. 3) Another computer that runs nothing but Free software ( Nvidia driver badness) 4) Don't want wires between rooms. Is this do-able (esp given #1)? Do I need to get hold of an old box to be on permanently and act as firewall/router so other boxes can be switched on off at will? Has someone done it and blah-whatever is some hardware they used that worked well? I've seen Netgear wireless stuff (router card) for sale at a bookstore(!) for c. $200 Yes, I've read all sorts of stuff on the net in mags pocketbooks but I'm too thick to get the 'big picture' before embarking on the project. Thanks all. Hal -- ___ Get your free email from http://www.iname.com -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Home Wireless
On Thu, 2004-02-26 at 00:56, Hal Ashburner wrote: Has someone done it and blah-whatever is some hardware they used that worked well? I've seen Netgear wireless stuff (router card) for sale at a bookstore(!) for c. $200 Does this mean you're unwilling to buy a gateway/router? That's the simplest solution. Else: Base computer with firewall software (you want this bad) and ethernet in card and... another ethernet out card in the base computer for each other PC wired to the base computer or... one ethernet out card in the base computer plus a hub for other PCs wired to the base computer and... a wireless card in ad-hoc mode for the base computer and... another wireless card for each other connecting PC So, a base computer with ethernet in, and a minimum of two wifi cards to use one satellite computer. Which configuration do you choose? (That is, what have you got, or are willing to buy?) Bret -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Home Wireless
On Wed, 25 Feb 2004, Hal Ashburner wrote:
The givens:
1) I'm a know-nothing idiot/goose/n00b.
2) A computer attached to broadband that dual boots but usually runs some
proprietary OS, and is switched off when not actually in use.
3) Another computer that runs nothing but Free software ( Nvidia driver badness)
4) Don't want wires between rooms.
Is this do-able (esp given #1)?
Do I need to get hold of an old box to be on permanently and act as firewall/router
so other boxes can be switched on off at will?
Has someone done it and blah-whatever is some hardware they used that worked well?
I've seen Netgear wireless stuff (router card) for sale at a bookstore(!) for c.
$200
Yes, I've read all sorts of stuff on the net in mags pocketbooks but I'm too
thick to get the 'big picture' before embarking on the project.
I've used Netgear wireless - specifically the FWAG114 firewall/router
WAG311 card - and they'll do exactly what you want.
Not sure if the card has a driver for Linux, but _any_ 802.11 card should
talk OK to the Netgear router once it's up and installed - just find one
which has a Linux driver for the machine with the free OS on it.
Built in firewall, built in DHCP etc etc - not that I use them {have a
much larger commercial grade firewall and DHCP servers}.
My boss does exactly what you want, at home, on his broadband connection.
No huhu.
DaZZa
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Re: [SLUG] Home Wireless
Yes, I've read all sorts of stuff on the net in mags pocketbooks but I'm too thick to get the 'big picture' before embarking on the project. My wife uses a minitar 802.11b (11Mbps) pcmcia card which retails for $49.50 I think from memory. And we also purchased a minitar 802.11b (11Mbps) wireless access point for $99. So if your budget is tight, I can recommend these items and brand. Very good. PS. Minitar Access Point runs an embedded version of linux (mine has been rebooted since I bought it and I believe its now posting over 100days uptime) -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
