From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Largent Subject: Re: WLAN adapter recommendations? Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 08:15:22 -0400 Sender: linux-admin-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <3F49FDDA.3090902@imagelinks.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: linux-admin Cc: Benjamin Walkenhorst Here is the list of supported wlan hardware. http://www.linux-wlan.org/docs/wlan_adapters.html5.html Benjamin Walkenhorst wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hello everybody, > > I finally talked my parents into getting DSL. =) However, it looks pretty > much like the DSL modem is going to reside in the basement of our house to > provide internet access to me (my computer is located in the 2nd story of the > house) and my father (whose machine is in the first story). > Since we are not willing to put cables all over the house, we are thinking of > getting a hardware-router/firewall (no, we do *not* have a spare 486-machine > standing around...) with WLAN. In Germany - where I live - these thingies are > getting very popular, and they mostly come with WLAN-adapters that connect to > USB. (Well, I assume it's "real" WLAN, not some proprietary protocol.) > I do however strongly assume these thingies don't work with Linux too well. > So I consider getting a "regular" WLAN-adapter (PCI/ISA). And I want to make > sure it works fine with Linux (and, if possible, Free/NetBSD, as well). > So I'm asking you if you can recommend any WLAN-adapters, preferrably based > on your own experience. > > Any comments will be appreciated, thanks in advance and kind regards, > > Benjamin Walkenhorst > > - -- > Benjamin Walkenhorst > eMail: krylon@gmx.net > homepage: http://www.krylon.de > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Public Key available at http://www.krylon.de > > iD8DBQE/SfdCoYumWdMvhMQRAm5SAJ4sqYnSJYhXcbk4NEL5d6jUXGPs1wCdE7XR > ALfrlC31feHarbNFL/bcjSE= > =/7NA > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > -- Jeff Largent ImageLinks, Inc. Sr System Admin Melbourne, Fl 32935 (321) 253-0011 fax: (321) 253-5559