hi ya On Tue, 25 May 2004, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi there smart list, > our dorm is migrating to a wireless LAN network and I have to buy a PCI WLAN > NIC in order to use the new cheap net provider we're getting. However, since > I'm using linux 99% of the time, I'll need a NIC that has a linux driver. The > best thing'll be to buy something as cheap and as standard as a NIC based on > the RTL-8139 chip by Realtek, but a WLAN version of it. I went to > http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/ (Wireless LAN resources > for Linux) but I'd like to hear what you guys have to say about this, any > positive or negative experiences.. That will be of great help. not sure of realtek wireless cars if you want other wireless devices to use your linux-based gw to get out than the pci card ( chipset ) must support: iwconfig ethxx mode master ( if it doesnt, it will NOT work as an access point ) even if it did, and you plan to run wpa instead of wep ... you will need a card and driver that supports wpa # # beware of all manufacturers model numbers... same named product can # have different chipset inside and the silly marketing box will not say # what chipset they using today to build a million of these cards # - list of various drivers .. and/o linux based AP http://linux-sec.net/Wireless/Drivers http://linux-sec.net/Wireless/AP -- cards other people used - i've gotten the netgear wg311 802.11g w/ madwifi drivers to work as an AP http://linux-sec.net/Wireless/Install-HOWTO - next step is to get it to run WPA and radius c ya alvin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
