[olug] Wireless Hardware Recommendations

Sam Tetherow tetherow at nicusa.com
Thu Dec 11 19:50:20 UTC 2003


If you do get a WET-11 be sure to do a firmware upgrade as soon as you 
get it, however if you can spend a few extra bucks I would suggest 
buying a reliable piece of hardware, such as the engenius wireless 
client bridge (EL-2611 CB3 Plus) it costs a bit more ($130) but it has a 
200mW Prism based card and doesn't need to be power cycled all the time. 
  It also has the PoE option so you can place it anywhere you can string 
a CAT-5 cable to.

K.J. Kirwan wrote:
> As far as adding an 802.11b wireless connection,
> if you can connect by RJ-45 ethernet (add new NIC
> or via a switch or hub?) don't overlook the
> Linux-friendly Linksys WET11.
> 
> Works right out of the box with very little setup
> and no "unavailable driver" problems.  (No drivers
> at all, in fact!)  There's a 802.11g version too,
> forgot the model number.  Faster but more money.
> 
> 
> Sean Edwards wrote:
> 
>> Currently, I am using an old 486 with 2 ethernet cards
>> and Coyote Linux on a floppy to share a network
>> connection in the house.
>> Can anyone recommend an ISA 802.11blah or an
>> ISA-to-PCMCIA/PCCARD adapter to add to my Coyote Linux
>> box?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> -=Sean Edwards=-
>> cybersean300 at yahoo.com
>>
>>
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Sam Tetherow                           tetherow at nicusa.com
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