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<P>I am looking into setting up a network and am considering wireless networks. However I have never used wireless networks with Linux. If I buy a PCI wireless network card will it recognise it straight away? Would it be more difficult than standard wired ethernet?</P>
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<P>Setup:<BR>1 computer (windows) in the office, near ADSL point<BR>5 computers (Edubuntu) in another room</P>
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<P>Don't really want to drill holes to lay network cables so have come up with the plan of:</P>
<P>office computer connected to ADSL+Switch+wireless (all in one device)<BR>5 computers connected to 8 port switch (using wires), then connected to wireless access point in other room.<BR>2 rooms communicate wirelessly, everything else is wired.</P>
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<P>See <A href="http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/5623/networkdesign1pw.gif">http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/5623/networkdesign1pw.gif</A><BR>for network design image</P>
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<P>Is this a bad idea? Any suggestions for a better layout?</P>
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<P>Regards<BR>Alex McMahon</P></br><p style="margin-top:11px;padding-top:3px;background-image: url(http://mail.lycos.co.uk/Images/Mail/_content/dot.gif);background-repeat: repeat-x;background-position: 0px 0px;">Lycos email has 300 Megabytes of free storage... Get it now at <a href="http://mail.lycos.co.uk">mail.lycos.co.uk</a></div></body></html>