[Nottingham] Re: Wireless Broadband (Peter Chang)

[Sarah Swindell]

Thanks for your help. I'll find out what kit my distros support and get it 
sorted.
Thanks again,
Sarah

>Message: 1
>Date: Sat, 27 May 2006 19:12:01 +0100 (BST)
>From: Peter Chang <Peter.Chang at nottingham.ac.uk>
>Subject: Re: [Nottingham] Wireless Broadband
>To: nottingham at mailman.lug.org.uk
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>On Sat, 27 May 2006, Sarah Swindell wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > My neighbour, two terraced houses away, has offered to share her 
>Broadband
> > connection with me.
> > I'm planning to buy a wireless router but don't know if it'll work as 
>she
> > uses WinXP (I'm working on getting her to consider linux). I use Mepis 
>and
> > Ubuntu.
> > Any idea if I will have problems if the connection is shared over linux 
>and
> > another OS?
>
>No, there shouldn't be any problems. She needs a wireless router attached
>to her broadband connection. If she has ADSL, ie broadband over a
>telephone line, then she could install what the retailers term a wireless
>modem - a combined WiFi access point, ethernet switch and ADSL modem.
>
> > Can anyone recommend a router which will reach next door but one but
> > not share it's signal with the whole of Sneinton?
>
>Most work well enough to get a signal through a wall or two to get to next
>door. You just need to secure the access point with WPA (or WPA2 or the
>old and not very secure WEP) using a pre-shared key to stop any other
>computer from using the access point. This is easily configured usually
>using a web browser connecting to the router.
>
>On the Linux side, it depends on the wireless support in your distribution
>- both for your hardware and the various security systems. I have the
>Intel/Pro Wireless 3945 network adaptor on my notebook working with a
>D-Link DI-524 wireless router. In Fedora Core 5, NetworkManager together
>with wpa_supplicant works most or less satisfactory. I've read Ubuntu has
>fairly decent WiFi support.
>
>Hope this helps,
>  Peter