[NCLUG] Re: wireless networking install

[Benson Chow]

Agreed on that.  Though there are apparently two 802.11g chipsets that are
showing promise - prism gt and definately Atheros.

I bought an Atheros based card (madwifi.sourceforge.net, not
totally open-source) and it works fairly well enough.  Poor reception,
might be my card not working so well. (PCMCIA: D-Link DWL-AG650, AP:
Linksys WRT54G).  There's an atheros fully opensource driver, but I hear
it's not quite ready for primetime (i.e., WEP doesn't work?)  I don't know
what other details there are...maybe it's working already.

Unfortunately my wireless was not cheap.  But I had to support those two
companies as they're at least doing something with linux...  (I haven't
mucked with the WRT54G's router yet... but that promises to be interesting
:-)

-bc

On Thu, 15 Jan 2004, Matt Rosing wrote:

> Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 12:05:36 -0700
> From: Matt Rosing <rosing at peakfive.com>
> To: nclug at nclug.org
> Subject: [NCLUG] Re: wireless networking install
>
>
> I just went through this about a month ago and 802.11g isn't ready for
> prime time yet.  In other words, I think there are beta versions of
> bits and pieces.  I backed off to 802.11b and it works fine.
>
>
>  > I'm in the process of installing a wireless networking (PCMCIA, US Robotics 5410) card in a Linux (RH8.0) laptop and (PCI, Belkin F5D6001) card in a Linux (RH8.0) desktop. To accomplish this I've been using wlan-ng items.
>  >
>  > Both of the cards I'm using are 802.11g and I'm getting the sinking feeling that "g" isn't supported by wlan-ng. Do I have this right/wrong? If right, are there any other resources for installing these beasts?
>  >
>  > BTW, wishing all list members and their families a happy, healthy, and prosperous New Year. :)
>  >
>  > Best regards,
>  > Joseph
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