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> Subject: [OT] Wireless Networking
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> I am just about to purchase some 802.11b bits to link my home network
> to my iPaq (+other bits in the future) The iPaq will be running WinCE
> or Linux (I keep changing my mind over what to run) and will need a
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Hello
On Tue Jan 8 04:43:53 2002, Richard Clyne wrote:
>At the moment I'm looking at the Netgear range. Any
> comments about Netgear vs other manufacturers, or suggestions on a good
> place to buy the bits?
I recently bought the NetGear AP+card bundle from Dabs. The AP is very
If you want to do it on the cheap and dont mind getting your hands a
little dirty then Id get down to a PC world pretty sharpish. There
selling sitecom card for approx 50 quid a pop. Great thing about these
is there prismII based so you can run a Linux box ( with a PCMCIA
adaptor ) as an AP [1]. A
On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 11:31:41AM +, Mark Fowler wrote:
>[1] Yes, I am aware of the security risks involved. My net connection, my
>risk..
Well, that's the problem, isn't it? Your net connection, every net
user's risk. Consider open mail relays, unpatched RH6 boxes, and so
on...
Roger
On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, Mark Fowler wrote:
> [1] Yes, I am aware of the security risks involved. My net connection, my
> risk..
Your address ? I'll be the one outside in the dirty raincoat. As normal.
the hatter
On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, Tom Insam wrote:
> Unlike, for instance, the airport, that'll do DHCP, NAT, etc, etc,
I can't get my airport to deal with DNS properly - well, not as linux
would use it. This isn't a problem for me as I'm only using it as a
bridge to a smoothie, but when I'm at my parents
On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 04:43:53AM -0600, Richard Clyne wrote:
> Any comments about Netgear vs other manufacturers, or suggestions on a
> good place to buy the bits?
I use the netgear hub myself. One thing to consider it that's it's very
bare-bones - it will connect the wired and wireless network
I am just about to purchase some 802.11b bits to link my home network to
my iPaq (+other bits in the future) The iPaq will be running WinCE or
Linux (I keep changing my mind over what to run) and will need a PCMCIA
card. I am thinking that I'd prefer a basic access point rather than a
card in a
