[opensuse] Which Wireless Card
I'm putting together a new system for my mother-in-law. I bought here a Dell Inspiron minitower computer with FreeDos and then put on openSUSE 10.3. I've got it mostly configured and ready to deliver however, I need to fix one final item... She currently connects to the network (cable) via a wireless card in her Win98 machine. I was just looking to see which wireless NIC I could buy for her and still be compatible with openSUSE. http://en.opensuse.org/Wireless_network_card Looking around I see Linksys and Belkin, neither of which I saw in the above page. Anybody have any experience with this? I have only used wireless with notebooks and only Intel at that. -- kai www.filesite.org || www.4thedadz.com || www.perfectreign.com remember - a turn signal is a statement, not a request -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Kai Ponte wrote:
I'm putting together a new system for my mother-in-law. I bought here a Dell Inspiron minitower computer with FreeDos and then put on openSUSE 10.3. I've got it mostly configured and ready to deliver however, I need to fix one final item...
She currently connects to the network (cable) via a wireless card in her Win98 machine.
I was just looking to see which wireless NIC I could buy for her and still be compatible with openSUSE.
http://en.opensuse.org/Wireless_network_card
Looking around I see Linksys and Belkin, neither of which I saw in the above page.
Anybody have any experience with this? I have only used wireless with notebooks and only Intel at that.
Since it's a tower case and not a notebook, is there any reason why ordinary ethernet can't be used? What card is used in the W98 box? Can it be used in the new system? Another thing you can do is see what cards are currently available and then do a google search on them & linux. For example, I just googled "d-link wda-1320 linux" and this turned up: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=211780 So, it would appear the D-Link WDA-1320 might be a good candidate. If you have a good computer store handy, drop in and look at the boxes. Some may say they support Linux. It also helps if you know a computer vendor who's knowledgeable about Linux. -- Use OpenOffice.org http://www.openoffice.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sunday 08 June 2008 03:16:04 pm Kai Ponte wrote:
I'm putting together a new system for my mother-in-law. I bought here a Dell Inspiron minitower computer with FreeDos and then put on openSUSE 10.3. I've got it mostly configured and ready to deliver however, I need to fix one final item...
She currently connects to the network (cable) via a wireless card in her Win98 machine.
I was just looking to see which wireless NIC I could buy for her and still be compatible with openSUSE.
Since this is a desktop how about a WAP and reverse it, or like I do with this machine, an inexpensive wireless router (buffalo) configured as a reverse WAP. The machine knows no differance between a wire and the device and it needs no driver just configer it and away you go. Good Luck, Mike -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sunday 08 June 2008 05:33:36 pm ka1ifq wrote:
On Sunday 08 June 2008 03:16:04 pm Kai Ponte wrote:
I'm putting together a new system for my mother-in-law. I bought here a Dell Inspiron minitower computer with FreeDos and then put on openSUSE 10.3. I've got it mostly configured and ready to deliver however, I need to fix one final item...
She currently connects to the network (cable) via a wireless card in her Win98 machine.
I was just looking to see which wireless NIC I could buy for her and still be compatible with openSUSE.
Since this is a desktop how about a WAP and reverse it, or like I do with this machine, an inexpensive wireless router (buffalo)
Oh, I had no idea buffalo was a router. (I have a few of those showing up on my list of wireless access points - along with the normal Linksys.)
configured as a reverse WAP. The machine knows no differance between a wire and the device and it needs no driver just configer it and away you go.
Interesting point - I'll look into this as well.
Good Luck, Mike
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On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 8:33 PM, ka1ifq
Since this is a desktop how about a WAP and reverse it, or like I do with this machine, an inexpensive wireless router (buffalo) configured as a reverse WAP. The machine knows no differance between a wire and the device and it needs no driver just configer it and away you go.
I agree. Check out www.dd-wrt.com and get anything on the supported list. Linksys WRT54GL is good, alot of the newer wireless-N devices are only supported in the RCs (which should be very stable) If configured correctly it should act as a 5 port switch attached to the network. Also compared to most PCI cards you have better choices regarding antennas and just the placement of the unit (most PCI cards come with fixed antennas and figure one of those upgraded ones costs 1/2 a WRT54GL) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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