[Gloucs] meetings and website

[david greenaway]

On Monday 30 December 2002 22:23, bjh wrote:
> Hi Glyn,
>

<snip>

> Clearly wireless networking is the next computer growth area and we wou=
ld
> dearly like to do this with our systems by working with Linux based
> computers as soon as possible.
>
> Best regards to everyone for 2003...
>


My experiences with wlan under linux are mixed, but it's certainly my=20
impression that it is quite well supported in the latest linux ditros. I =
got=20
my prism based 802.11b card up and running in both Mandrake 9 and SUSE 8.=
0=20
(with updated pcmcia) with very little effort, but I'm still struggling t=
o=20
get WEP to work under either. (and much as I trust my nabours I'm not at =
all=20
happy about running unencrypted).=20

BTW I'm thinking of missing  my usual Tuesday evening commitment, and com=
eing=20
along to Glyn's talk, any interest in me bringing along the access point,=
=20
pcmcia card and laptop if I do?. (you have to promise not to laugh at the=
=20
laptop).

dpg