[Wylug-help] Wireless networking and Linux

[Terry McAndrew]

Hi,

I tried the belkin 11g to set up my first domestic linux box on Ubuntu. Tried Mandrake too. FSD4001uk I think (box at home). Pain in the a. Needs ndiswrapper but ran into further problems which, as a linux newbie, I haven't solved yet. Encountered lots of similar problems on the net so Belkins were not very popular.

Rejoined this list to ask about it later, when I can have another crack. 

Terry.

-----Original Message-----
From: wylug-help-bounces at wylug.org.uk [mailto:wylug-help-bounces at wylug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Jim Jackson
Sent: 27 September 2005 11:27
To: davegb at pobox.com
Cc: WYLUG
Subject: Re: [Wylug-help] Wireless networking and Linux


On Tue, 27 Sep 2005, Dave Brotherstone wrote:

> So, my question is - can anyone recommend a wireless card, internal or 
> external, that works well with linux, or is it possible to "link" two 
> wireless routers over a wireless connection? I've not seen that done 
> before, but "feel" it must be possible ;-)

I have a dlink

  D-Link DWL-900AP+ WAP

that can be used in pairs to provide a wireless bridge between 2 wired networks. This works - we used it at the UKUUG Linux conference last year to jump a gap we could not cable. CCL sell them.

Jim


> I've seen dabs have an ethernet-to-wireless adapter, but it's £50, 
> which makes me think I'd be better with another access point, which 
> would hopefully improve the sometimes slightly dicky signal downstairs.
>
> Looking at linux-wlan.org <http://linux-wlan.org>, linksys adapters 
> seem to come out reasonably well supported, has anyone had any experience of these?
>
> Many thanks for any pointers,
>
> Dave.
>