Suggestions re: wireless network & internet sharing
Hello everybody, I am running SuSE 8.0 on my home-built system. I connect to the internet through a NIC card and cable modem (eth0) and it all works well. Anyway, I am now considering installing SuSE 8.0 on my laptop and would like advice on how to: * set up a wireless network (perhaps 802.11b or something equivalent) between the 2 computers; and * set up internet sharing so I can surf wirelessly over the network and through my base PC's broadband connection. I have no idea where to start. I need to buy some hardware (wireless 802.11b cards?) but don't know exactly what to buy (i.e. what works well with Linux). I also need to figure out how to configure SuSE to establish the network and do the internet connection sharing thing. Any suggestions on hardware and tips on what to do here would be *much* appreciated. Cheers, Charles __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com
On Tue, Jun 04, 2002 at 02:47:34PM -0700, Charles Griffin wrote:
Hello everybody,
I am running SuSE 8.0 on my home-built system. I connect to the internet through a NIC card and cable modem (eth0) and it all works well.
Anyway, I am now considering installing SuSE 8.0 on my laptop and would like advice on how to:
* set up a wireless network (perhaps 802.11b or something equivalent) between the 2 computers; and * set up internet sharing so I can surf wirelessly over the network and through my base PC's broadband connection.
You've described something close to my home network. Here is the way I set it up: Cable Modem -> Linksys Firewall/Router -> Desktop PC | Linksys Wireless Access Point -> Laptop w/802.11b The Linksys stuff is inexpensive and not OS dependent. The firewall/router has 4 10/100 switched ethernet ports and does NAT and DHCP. The access point is connected by ethernet to the firewall/router. By the way, Linksys has a combo device that does firewall/routing, has a 4-port switch and also serves as a wireless access point, about US$270. They didn't have that when I set mine up. Use cat5 cable for your ethernet connections so you can run at 100 Mbps instead of 10. For wireless PCMCIA, I like the Orinoco silver or gold cards. They are also inexpensive and well supported by Linux drivers. Best Regards, Keith -- LPIC-2, MCSE, N+ Got spam? Get spastic http://spastic.sourceforge.net
--- Keith Winston
On Tue, Jun 04, 2002 at 02:47:34PM -0700, Charles Griffin wrote:
Hello everybody,
I am running SuSE 8.0 on my home-built system. I connect to the internet through a NIC card and cable modem (eth0) and it all works well.
Anyway, I am now considering installing SuSE 8.0 on my laptop and would like advice on how to:
* set up a wireless network (perhaps 802.11b or something equivalent) between the 2 computers; and * set up internet sharing so I can surf wirelessly over the network and through my base PC's broadband connection.
You've described something close to my home network. Here is the way I set it up:
Cable Modem -> Linksys Firewall/Router -> Desktop PC | Linksys Wireless Access Point -> Laptop w/802.11b
The Linksys stuff is inexpensive and not OS dependent. The firewall/router has 4 10/100 switched ethernet ports and does NAT and DHCP. The access point is connected by ethernet to the firewall/router. By the way, Linksys has a combo device that does firewall/routing, has a 4-port switch and also serves as a wireless access point, about US$270. They didn't have that when I set mine up.
Use cat5 cable for your ethernet connections so you can run at 100 Mbps instead of 10.
For wireless PCMCIA, I like the Orinoco silver or gold cards. They are also inexpensive and well supported by Linux drivers.
Best Regards, Keith -- LPIC-2, MCSE, N+ Got spam? Get spastic http://spastic.sourceforge.net
Keith, Excellent suggestions -- thank you *very* much!! Now I have a fun project to work on! Thanks again, Charles __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com
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