[Gllug] Wireless networking on Linux

[Ian Norton]

On Thu, Feb 24, 2005 at 11:43:19AM -0000, Wiehe, Simon wrote:
> My setup is currently as follows.
> 
>       --------     ----------       -------       -----------
>       |      |     |        |       |     |       |         |
>   ----| ADSL |-----| Ubuntu |-------| Hub |-------| Windows |
>       |      |     |        |       |     |       |         |
>       --------     ----------       -------       -----------
>                                        |
>                                        |          -------
>                                        |----------| PS2 |
>                                                   -------
> 
> With the PS2 on a different floor. I have purchased a new machine for my son
> to do his school 
> work etc. which resides in the same room as the PS2. I want my setup to be
> along the lines of
> this.
> 
>       --------     ----------       -------       -----------
>       |      |     |        |       |     |       |         |
>   ----| ADSL |-----| Ubuntu |-------| Hub |-------| Windows |
>       |      |     |        |       |     |       |         |
>       --------     ----------       -------       -----------
> 
> 
>                              ------------       -------       
>                              |          |       |     |       -------
>                              | Windows2 |-------| Hub |-------| PS2 |
>                              |          |       |     |       -------
>                              ------------       -------       
> 
> 
> The question is should the wireless network card (WMP54G) go into the Linux
> box , with the 
> Windows2 and PS2 boxes going into a hub/switch with an access point connected
> or should I put 
> the wireless card into the Windows2 box and use ICS on Windows. Does the
> access point need to go
> into a hub or can it go directly into a network card on either machine?

If you can get the card to work in linux, do that, windows is pretty flaky
especially when routing, so if that dies then your ps2 wont be on the net
either, is that a playstation2 or a ibm ps/2 ? :-)

ive got a machine doing most of what you suggest right now, it works well, 

-- 
Ian Norton-Badrul

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