[Gloucs] meetings and website

[bjh]

Thanks for joining in on this one David... Seems wireless networking is
sparking interest!

I will also attend the next meeting (about time I did as I started this LUG
a long while ago now!), and perhaps we can have a good chat about the
subject and make some progress with Linux.

We use Sitecom Wireless Network USB adapters IEEE 802.11b, Model WL-003, for
our PC's but no Linux drivers are provided by Sitecom for this animal albeit
that drivers are available for other products in the range (I have contacted
Sitecom and they cannot suggest a solution), so we have a problem changing
these two systems to Linux.

We also use Dreamweaver MX for website building which needs Microsoft MDAK
or SDK to work...

I had some very helpful dialogue with John Mckeown just prior to Christmas,
and he suggested using Suse 8.0 (or presumably 8.1 would be ok?), together
with Win4Lin as a possibility, as he uses Dreamweaver 4.0 I believe, but we
need to sort out the wireless networking prior to changing our PC's to the
SuSe distro...

Best wishes... Barrie Haycock
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----- Original Message -----
From: "david greenaway" <david.greenaway@dsl.pipex.com>
To: <gloucs@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 3:43 AM
Subject: Re: [Gloucs] meetings and website


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

<snip>

> Clearly wireless networking is the next computer growth area and we would
> 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
impression that it is quite well supported in the latest linux ditros. I got
my prism based 802.11b card up and running in both Mandrake 9 and SUSE 8.0
(with updated pcmcia) with very little effort, but I'm still struggling to
get WEP to work under either. (and much as I trust my nabours I'm not at all
happy about running unencrypted).

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

dpg

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