On Tue, 2003-06-17 at 07:02, Dave Thayer wrote: > 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 > Does this mean that a normal card doesn't send a signal strong enough to cover my 70 squarmeter flat? I don't think that the walls are that big though, and the farest box would be about 10 meters away from the access-point..
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