> > So the question arises whether I would be better off > buying a WPC11 card or spending just a little more > and getting something like the WPC54G card, also > from Linksys. Any experience with these cards?
I just got off my butt and played with NDSwrapper today. I bought a couple of Belkin cards from Home Depot (PCMCIA and USB), and as someone else noted, I had quite a time getting the USB card to work (I haven't tried the other one yet). My issue was finding the right tool to extract the InstallShield cab files from the Windows install CD. I finally located the unshield utility (http://synce.sourceforge.net/synce/unshield.php), and it was all downhill from there. I followed the installation page (http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/index.php/Installation) on the NDISwrapper site, and had no issues (well, after I told SuSE to leave my network devices alone, and ditto the firewall, I'll have to work on that later). I wrote a little script to start my network, which I've pasted below, if anyone needs it. So, for $35 ($40 for the USB stick) at Home Depot, the Belkin stuff can be made to work with Linux. Here's the script (adjust for taste): ruth:/home/jkelly # cat /root/bin/homewireless.sh #!/bin/bash modprobe ndiswrapper iwconfig wlan0 essid NumberNine mode Managed ifconfig wlan0 192.168.2.85 netmask 255.255.255.0 up route add default gw 192.168.2.1 If you're wondering, I run an open AP at my complex, and I live in apartment #9 ;-) -- Joey Kelly < Minister of the Gospel | Linux Consultant > http://joeykelly.net "I may have invented it, but Bill made it famous." --- David Bradley, the IBM employee that invented CTRL-ALT-DEL -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://brlug.net/pipermail/general_brlug.net/attachments/20051028/4ecb1910/attachment.bin
