Re: wireless recommendations

2003-08-15 Thread Sridhar Srinivasan
On Fri, Aug 15, 2003 at 05:34:07PM -0500, Tom Hoover wrote: > On Fri, Aug 15, 2003 at 05:44:06PM -0400, Sridhar Srinivasan wrote: > > If you are considering the linksys WPC11, i'd advise you to check the > > version number before you buy. > > > > i have the latest version (ver. 4) and it has a re

Re: wireless recommendations

2003-08-15 Thread Tom Hoover
On Fri, Aug 15, 2003 at 05:44:06PM -0400, Sridhar Srinivasan wrote: > If you are considering the linksys WPC11, i'd advise you to check the > version number before you buy. > > i have the latest version (ver. 4) and it has a realtek 8180L chip > instead of the earlier prism based ones. the driver

Re: wireless recommendations

2003-08-15 Thread Rthoreau
>>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

Re: wireless recommendations

2003-08-15 Thread Sridhar Srinivasan
On Fri, Aug 15, 2003 at 11:31:08AM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote: > * nori heikkinen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030815 07:52]: > > > > any particular suggestions / references / aversions? > > For the laptop, I'm happy with my linksys wpc11. You might also > consider cisco aironet cards. They're more e

Re: wireless recommendations

2003-08-15 Thread Alan Shutko
Jeremy Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 802.11b is okay, but trying to move large amounts of data (like ssh'ing > mp3's around) tends to cause errors (apparently a known bug; newer > drivers are a bit better about recovering from this). I've never had that problem with an Orinoco Silver and a

Re: wireless recommendations

2003-08-15 Thread Vineet Kumar
* nori heikkinen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030815 07:52]: > 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

Re: wireless recommendations

2003-08-15 Thread Ron Johnson
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

Re: wireless recommendations

2003-08-15 Thread Jesse Meyer
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

Re: wireless recommendations

2003-08-15 Thread Jeremy Brooks
On Fri, 2003-08-15 at 08:01, 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 t