[Gllug] 3com 802.11b card / GBP56

[Formi]

 Being on the theme, does anybody have a couple of the old ones?

 The 2mbit ones, I would be willing to pay for them. Not much though.

 Any pointers to the right directions wellcomed.

               Formi.










On Mon, 10 Dec 2001, Lee Blackwell wrote:

> Jim,
>
> Would you please forward/fax a copy of that paperwork to me. (Mail me
> offlist for a fax num/address)
>
> I'm getting quite few messages in my inbox (as my role as postmaster)
> and I'm trying to nail down where the literature is coming from; as any
> corporate person may be aware, there are many many departments that send
> out this stuff...
>
> Oh, and 3com.co.uk is one of my boxes - NB: I'm not responsible for the
> content, just the hardware & O/S =:0)
>
> For the record: at home I use the older wireless card (non-retractable
> antenna) - works an absolute treat for me, once you've got the tools from
> Jean (something) from HP to configure in the ESSID.
>
> I did have to munge the modules.conf to get the card recognised, and I
> simply use the hermes/orinocco driver, then use the wireless tool
> "iwconfig" (IIRC)  to set the ESSID.
>
> I haven't yet got the VPN/encryption working, as this involves auth
> against a M$ PPTP server.  Someone (sorry, I forget the name-could even
> have been you!) provided me with all the tools/source for create a munged
> 2.2.x kernel, but I haven't tried it yet (2.4.9 is nice and stable for
> me... ;-))
>
> I will do eventually, as I can then wander around the campus with my
> lappy!
>
> TIA,
>
> Lee
>
>


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