On Fri, 2003-08-15 at 11:55, Jesse Meyer wrote: > On Fri, 15 Aug 2003, nori heikkinen wrote: > > > hey all, > > > > my roommate (who has a laptop) and i are thinking about either running > > cables all the way around our apartment, or setting up a wireless > > point from my debian box. i'd enjoy doing the latter, but before i > > buy the hardware, i thought i'd check with my most valuable > > information source about what debianites are happy with in terms of > > brands, models, &c. > > > > any particular suggestions / references / aversions? > > You should google for more information, but from what I've seen, > orinoco and prisms are the most popular and widely supported wireless > cards. > > I've looked into it, but there was several factors that made me stay > away from it: > > 1) cost - wireless is more expensive then wired > 2) security - even with `strong' WEP, a wireless link is easily > compromized. If you really care about your security, > wireless needs either an encrypted tunnel or IPSEC, and the > wireless segment should be firewalled.[1] > 3) speed - 100mbit twisted pair will be faster then wireless. > > ~ Jesse Meyer, tripping over cables left around the house > > [1] I'm overly paranoid, I know.
Running cable around attics, dropping it through walls, etc can be a hassle, but Jesse's 3 points are still valid, especially since you could probably get a LUG member to connect the wires to jacks for a case or 2 of beer... And if you run Cat5e, then you are ready for gigabit ethernet, and wireless will never touch that. -- +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA | | | | "Man, I'm pretty. Hoo Hah!" | | Johnny Bravo | +---------------------------------------------------------------+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
