Wireless hardware recommendations

2007-06-16 Thread Geoff Shang
Hi, I've got an Edimax wireless router (not sure of the model number as I can't read it),and now need some PC hardware to go with it. 1. I need a PCMCIA wireless adaptor or something else suitable for a laptop. 2. I need something suitable for a desktop PC. Obviously I'm looking for

Re: Wireless hardware recommendations

2007-06-16 Thread Oren Held
I'm very satisfied with the atheros open source driver - www.madwifi.org. This is the atheros based PCI card I bought for my PC: http://www.lamir.co.il/product.asp?product=2213, but maybe there are newer ones, I bought this one in October. G'luck - Oren Geoff Shang wrote: Hi, I've got an

Re: Wireless hardware recommendations

2007-06-16 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 12:02:29AM +0300, Geoff Shang wrote: I've got an Edimax wireless router (not sure of the model number as I can't read it),and now need some PC hardware to go with it. If you connect to it with HTTP, it will tell you. EdiMax has the manuals available for download. 1.

Re: Wireless hardware recommendations

2007-06-16 Thread Amos Shapira
On 17/06/07, Geoffrey S. Mendelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is my first step into wireless networking, so any recommendations or additional advice will be most welcome. It's much slower than a wire. It's fine for Internet access, casual file sharing and printing. If you want to do a

problems installing mediawiki on Debian

2007-06-16 Thread Amos Shapira
Hi, I'm trying to install MediaWiki 1.7 on Debian Etch, I've done this before without a hitch but now I keep hitting the same error every time I try it. I've purged that and re-installed the package three times but still get exactly the same error. A short context - the way MediaWiki is