On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 09:27:34AM -0500, Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote: > Quoting Benjamin Swatek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Sorry, but nether googeling nor the wlan-howto enlighted me completely > > and I know that this is not so debian specific, but: > > For a home-wlan, do I realy need an accesspoint? > > I mean one of these nice little boxes which aren't more than this or can > > I use some linux-box set up as a router which I connect to the internet > > as an accesspoint via a wlan-pci-card? Does it need to be a special > > wlan-card? > > Or is it better to buy some wlan-hardwarerouter ? > > > > The only reason for buying a WLAN access point, IMHO, if you run Linux > is that you like to fiddle with the box in question and if you mess up > the WLAN access to the Internet, you are going to get flamed by the > household. If you have a stable box to use as the access point, don't > bother with the hardware one. > > I bought a broadband firewall/router because I kept needing to fiddle > with the Linux box and breaking the Internet connectivity for the > whole house. It takes up less space and air conditioning than a > Linux box. It's less capable, but it is always up.
While I agree with the above, it should be pointed out that it's a *lot* easier to relocate a hardware AP for better coverage than a desktop machine, so if your router box is located in a bad location, you may want to buy a harware AP for the additional flexability. dt -- Dave Thayer | If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about Denver, Colorado USA | cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all [EMAIL PROTECTED] | the time, for no good reason. - Jack Handey -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
