Gordon,
I have been very impressed with the Lucent/Avaya - Orinoco Wireless
Network. We aren't running it for our Linux network, but I hear people are.
However, it is running a Windows Network and it does it extremely well. They
say..."the system gives you the freedom to roam up to 150 meters* at 11
Mbit/s, indoors or outdoors". For the most part this is true...I seem to be
able to go further outside and sometimes less inside, it really depends on
the layout of the building etc.. The price is very good - You get a base
station, cables, power supply and one network card for about CAN$600.00.
Hope that helps.
Noah Genner
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From: Gordon Rowell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: October 31, 2000 9:59 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [e-smith-devinfo] [off-topic] Has anyone used wireless LAN
cards under Linux?
I'm interested in setting up a wireless LAN at home. Well, more correctly
a two node LAN - e-smith server and my laptop. From my reading this means
that I can avoid a base station (which are $$$$) and just set up an
"ad-hoc network" between the two.
Does anyone on the list have experience with the various wireless LAN
cards available? I'm aware of the network security/sniffing issue (though
I believe the gold series of the Lucent card run a reasonable encryption
across over the channels). My laptop only really talks SSH (and a bit of
HTTP/FTP) to the outside world.
I'm mostly interested in experiences with configuration under Linux (the
various web pages seem to say it's not particularly hard) and real range.
For example, whether they will work between floors of a house or is it
really "Your Mileage May Vary".
And naturally, has anyone tried configuring one with e-smith and/or
RH61./6.2?
Thanks,
Gordon
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