-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, On Wed, 2 Jul 2003, Werner Guttmann wrote:
I've been following the recent threads around wiress networking with interest, as I am about to setup a private WLAN locally. Here's some questions related to this:
1) Is this achievable at all with 8.1 ? Or will I have to upgrade to 8.2 ? If so, why ?
It depends on the WLAN hardware you are planning to use. The kernel on 8.1 is older than the one in 8.2 and might not have the required driver. However, updating the orinoco driver is quite easy. SuSE 8.2 has added some more support for WLAN cards to the networking scripts and YaST2, so it's much easier to set it up. However, it's also possible with 8.1, if you don't fear to use an editor.
2) What adapters could you recommend, iow are there any that will be recognised and configured (semi) 'automatically' ?
My setup here: NetGear MA301 PCI Adapter and two NetGear MA401 PCMCIA cards. No problems at all.
3) Is there a HOW-TO or anything similar for me to read up on this subject ?
Sure: http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/
The best resource about WLANS on Linux, IMHO. The orinoco driver can be
downloaded from here:
http://ozlabs.org/people/dgibson/dldwd/
Good luck,
LenZ
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Lenz Grimmer