I've got a Netgear wireless router + PCMCIA cards. The cardswotk fine under very recent kernels. The router itself seems to have problems with stability when using encyption. If I turn off encrypted the network works just fine but with it enabled it'll just freeze and I'll have to reboot the router.
Jeff On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 10:29:35AM -0400, Toole, Robert wrote: > I'd stay away from the linksys access points. We have been using them for 3 > years at work, nothing but trouble. They have buggy firmware, (so bad that > downloading newer firmware tends to fry the AP) very low power radios, > extremely bad tech support, the list goes on and on... > > However, Linksys wireless cards tend to work very well, and have good > support under linux with the wlan-ng project. > > I'd use an AP from Symbol, 3Com or Cisco, (They are pricey but worth it) If > you are on a budget, I'd look at the D-link. > > Robert Toole > Systems Engineer > USCO Logistics / Calgary > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 10:22 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: (clug-talk) Ask CLUG: Which Wireless Access Point? > > > Richi Plana wrote: > > I am thinking of starting a wireless network at home and am wondering if > > I need to get an access point (or will Linux with a WiFi card connected > > the the Internet work?). > > I don't think a wireless card has the hardware resources required to act > as an AP. It'd be nice if there were PCI cards that had the ability to > act as an AP. > > > I'm looking at two Wireless AP options and was wondering if you could > > give me your opinion on which would work best for an all-Linux network. > > The two APs I'm condering are the D-Link AirPlus Xtreme G Wireless > > Router w/ 4-Port Switch (DI-624) and the Linksys Wireless-G Access Point > > (WAP54G). > > Is there already linux driver support for some 802.11g cards? If so, > thats pretty sweet. I haven't looked yet. > > I just bought the DI-614+ this weekend, which supports the non-standard > 802.11b+ protocol, which uses a different encoding (don't know if encoding > is the correct terminology) called Packet Binary Convolution Code (PBCC). > This encoding ups the theoretical max bandwidth to 22Mbps, which in > reality is reportedly closer to ~6Mbps. > > When I did the firmware and driver upgrades, I noticed that D-Link now > offers a "proprietary" 4x mode. The FAQ states that "4X mode is a > proprietary method of gaining increased throughput exclusive to the D-Link > Airplus family. 4X mode enables you to get up to 4 times actual > throughput increase over 802.11b devices when using D-Link Airplus > products that also support 4X mode." > > of course, none of this 4x mode is linux friendly, and I don't know if the > 2x PBCC stuff is linux friendly. In my case the only wireless client > using the AP/router is my gf's windows laptop, and so linux support hasn't > come into play. when it does, I assume standard 11Mbps 802.11b will be > all that linux is capable of. > > Dave >
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