[Nottingham] Mandrake wireless networking

[Duncan John Fyfe]

On Tue, 30 Mar 2004, James Gibbon wrote:


> I need to connect two machines at present, a laptop and a desktop
> machine.  I'm considering a Sitecom USB wireless network adaptor for the
> desktop (since the ethernet card will be tied to the ADSL connection),
> and a Binatone wireless PCMCIA card for the laptop - but I don't know if
> these will work out of the box.  All comments, or other recommendations
> are welcome.
>

I'd recommend an external wireless access point + a cheap second NIC for the
desktop.  There are some pretty nifty combined access point/wireless router/N-port hub around.
Some of them have a built in dhcp server and/or firewalling.
This will make your set up easier and more flexible if a little more expensive.


Have fun,
Duncan

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