Re: (clug-talk) Wi-Fi Recommendations

[Johnny Stork]

I got both a WAP11 and WPC11 working fine right out of the box under Redhat and Mandrake and only had to install the kernel-wlan-ng packages, 3 of them. Beleive I had to build them under Mandrake but had RH8 rpm's > > > -----Original message----- > From: "RichiPlana" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: 12/02/2002(Mon) 01:41pm > Subject: (clug-talk) Wi-Fi Recommendations > > Hi, > > I'm plannign on setting up a wireless network at home based on > 802.11[ab] and was wondering what brands and models people here would > recommend for PCI-based NICs as well as Access Points. My primary > considerations are: 1) it works with Linux (of course), 2) security and > 3) price (in that order). Does one even need an AP in order to have a > secure wireless network (IOW, can't ad-hoc be secure)? > > Thanks in advance. > -- > > *Richard Plana, B.Sc., CCNA* > Secretary > Calgary Linux Users' Group > > > > ________________________________ Open Enterprise Solutions Open Solutions for an Open World Johnny Stork, BA Calgary, AB Canada http://www.openenterprise.ca http://www.open-solutions.ca