On Wed, Nov 02, 2005 at 11:55:14AM +0200, Ohad Lutzky wrote: > Two components I was thinking of for this lecture - > - An introduction to how WiFi is used in GNU/Linux > (distro-independant, but with linux-wireless-utils, so not relevant > BSD or Mac) - tools like iwconfig, iwlist, along with some information > about the availability of wireless NIC modules - especially the > ipw2200, which is included in all/most new Centrino laptops > -- User-friendliness in these utilities - a summary of the problems > with using the commandline for this (tedious and daunting for new > users, not automated), a survey of current available solutions (UIs > like netapplet, wifi_radar and my own netdlg, along with automated > solutions such as hotplug, ifplugd, waproamd), pros and cons to each > and what basically needs to be done to improve them.
Sounds good, especially if it was accompanied by another lecture on the wifi support in the kernel, different wifi standards, etc. Is anyone interested in preparing such a lecture? Cheers, Muli -- Muli Ben-Yehuda http://www.mulix.org | http://mulix.livejournal.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Haifa Linux Club Mailing List (http://www.haifux.org) To unsub send an empty message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
