Re: [ubuntu-in] wi-fi solution discussion
Hi all, After reading through reviews and checking through the HCL and stock availability in stores, I bought a Linksys WRH54G wireless router and a WUSB54GC USB wireless adapter. The wireless adapter is fully supported out of the box - I plugged it in and it came up in Network Manager with the router's SSID, though I haven't yet tested WPA2. I'm still setting up the router. This is not a strictly Linux question, though. Current setup (modem is desktop's gateway): (Desktop:192.168.5.84) (Modem:192.168.5.1) Desired setup (router is everyone's gateway, modem is router's gateway): (Desktop:192.168.5.84) (Router:192.168.5.2) (Modem:192.168.5.1) (Other Machines)---^ (the indicate wired connection, everything else is wireless) Most guides on the net simply say plug in the cable from the modem into the WAN port. But I am not so sure. For one, I have turned off DHCP on the modem. If I try to select static IP as the type of Internet connection on the router, I am stuck at the gateway. The values I enter are: IP: 192.168.5.1/255.255.255.0 DNS: openDNS IPs What gateway should I enter? I am sure I'm getting something basic wrong. Configuring the WAN is the next major block for me. Regards. -- Rohit V. Bhute http://rvbhute.org -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] wi-fi solution discussion
On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 11:06 PM, Rohit V Bhute rvbh...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, After reading through reviews and checking through the HCL and stock availability in stores, I bought a Linksys WRH54G wireless router and a WUSB54GC USB wireless adapter. The wireless adapter is fully supported out of the box - I plugged it in and it came up in Network Manager with the router's SSID, though I haven't yet tested WPA2. I'm still setting up the router. This is not a strictly Linux question, though. Current setup (modem is desktop's gateway): check the document available : its comprhensive, simple and lets you do a lot with wifi http://wndw.net/ also am not sure what i missed but the linksys wrt54g l model is specifically designed for linux (it sells for about 1 k more) but this has a customizable memory - am not sure if this model is currently available you will get good info from http://drupal.airjaldi.com/ http://www.olsr.org/ regards ram -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] wi-fi solution discussion
A quick look at the router's specifications tell me that it is a DSL router. Which means you are supposed to replace your current modem with this router. This router does not have ethernet WAN port. The four ports are LAN ports. So you can not put the modem on router's WAN side. On a side note, this router looks like decent choice for home based networking. Even I have been looking for some good DSL router with wireless functionality for some time. :-) Onkar -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] wi-fi solution discussion
Mehul and Onkar, The WRH54G has a dd-wrt firmware available for it - I checked on their site - http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=149761. I plan to use it after getting familiar with the stock firmware's usage. Though its not supported by others like OpenWRT, Tomato, etc. Also, WRH54G has a RJ-45 WAN port, not a telephone line-in port, like an ADSL modem/router. So I cannot replace my ADSL modem yet :-) . I use the D link GLB-502T for ADSL. Ramnarayan, thanks for the links. I am downloading the e-book right now and will continue on this today evening. Regards. -- Rohit V. Bhute http://rvbhute.org -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] wi-fi solution discussion
On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 10:06 PM, Rohit V Bhute rvbh...@gmail.com wrote: snip My main concern is my father's PC. I plan to use a PCI card there. I am not sure whether the Ubuntu machines can support WPA2 on the Wi-Fi cards. At least that is what I understood from [1]. As per my little knowledge about wi-fi, the encryption is provided by the driver. So as long as the driver for the card which you are going to use supports WPA2. There shouldn't be any concern. Onkar -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] wi-fi solution discussion
On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 10:06 PM, Rohit V Bhute rvbh...@gmail.com wrote: So if anyone has setup a home Wi-Fi network with WPA2 encryption on Ubuntu, could they please let me know the card make and model? I am in Mumbai and the same model should be easily found here. I am writing this post from a laptop running Fedora connected to my router which has WPA2 enabled. And my friend next to me has his laptop connected too. It runs on Ubuntu. We can easily connect to WPA2 enabled wireless networks. It's not about linux not supporting WPA2, it depends upon what your wireless driver supports. Find out what wireless card you have and pay a visit to http://www.linuxwireless.com to check what are the recommended drivers and what do those support. If those support WPA2 then it would be easy to connect to WPA2 enable wireless network using NetworkManager. I am not sure if XP supports WPA2. From what I have heard, one needs XP SP3 to be able to use WPA2. -- Who loves not wisely but too well Will look on Helen's face in hell, But he whose love is thi... -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] wi-fi solution discussion
On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 10:45 PM, Mehul Ved mehul.n@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 10:06 PM, Rohit V Bhute rvbh...@gmail.com wrote: So if anyone has setup a home Wi-Fi network with WPA2 encryption on Ubuntu, could they please let me know the card make and model? I am in Mumbai and the same model should be easily found here. I am writing this post from a laptop running Fedora connected to my router which has WPA2 enabled. And my friend next to me has his laptop connected too. It runs on Ubuntu. We can easily connect to WPA2 enabled wireless networks. It's not about linux not supporting WPA2, it depends upon what your wireless driver supports. Find out what wireless card you have and pay a visit to http://www.linuxwireless.com to check what are the recommended drivers and what do those support. If those support WPA2 then it would be easy to connect to WPA2 enable wireless network using NetworkManager. Both Mehul and Onkar's suggestions are correct. You need driver support. There's one more thing you could try, althought it's a longshot. I don't know if you can do this on your router, but you can check it out. You can use WPA security and in the Encryption Type field, see if you can select AES-CCMP instead of TKIP. That should make your connection quite secure as well. Thanks, Raseel -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
