I'm looking for a robust method to connect a LinuxCNC device to a WiFi network. I bought some inexpensive USB dongles that are advertised as plug-and-play on Linux, but they didn't work with LinuxCNC. They sort of worked with Ubuntu. I could probably get them to work by installing the driver using something like ndiswrapper, but every time I upgraded to a new version of LinuxCNC, I'd need to slog through that again. I'm looking for a more robust and persistent solution.
I did a quick internet search but all I found were people asking the question and getting no good answer, or people complaining about the difficulty of implementing WiFi in LinuxCNC. Is there a USB solution that Just Works®? That would be my preference. I bought an inexpensive Chinese WiFi router that is reported to be good at operating as a WiFi bridge. Theoretically, I could configure it once and every version of LinuxCNC would see a reliable wired ethernet connection coming from the WiFi bridge. Barring a magic USB device, maybe that would be the best solution? I need a solution that I can replicate across several different LinuxCNC devices for my Summer Of CNC Projects. :-) Comments? Suggestions? Thanks in advance. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Introducing AppDynamics Lite, a free troubleshooting tool for Java/.NET Get 100% visibility into your production application - at no cost. Code-level diagnostics for performance bottlenecks with <2% overhead Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_ap1 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
