Rick, I'm sure somebody's put Linux on a Dell, but I believe your friend should at least look at IBM's. Dell is an Intel/Windows-centric company where IBM is more Linux friendly. I've never had trouble putting Linux on an IBM Laptop. Something to consider: for a wireless Access Point, your friend (and anyone else) should consider Apple's Airport Express. It is a wireless Access Point AND a wireless print server, with a USB port for the printer. And it is VERY compact - just about palm-sized - great for travel. It is standard 11g and 11b, so it should work with any standard 11g/11b client. Chuck > ---------- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Frederick D. S. Marshall > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, November 5, 2004 4:38 PM > To: Hardhats > Subject: [Hardhats-members] Advice for a Mobile Network > > Dear Hardhats, > > I am looking for network guidance for a friend. He is purchasing five > Dell laptops to be used as a mobile VistA demonstration. One would be a > VistA server, the other four would be workstations running CPRS Chart. > The goal is to set them up with some kind of wireless network that keeps > them in a stable network with each other as long as they are kept close > together. As a group, they would travel widely, being set up from place > to place to demo VistA. I think we are talking about VistA on GT.M on > Linux. > > I know Orinoco network cards work well with Linux--I'm using one right > now--but what's the best way to get them talking together reliably? > Should he get a separate wireless network hub for them to patch into > together, or can the server be made somehow to serve as the hub? > > I'm looking for the usual VistA combo of cheap, easy, and reliable. How > would you solve this? > > Yours truly, > Rick Marshall > WorldVistA > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: > Sybase ASE Linux Express Edition - download now for FREE > LinuxWorld Reader's Choice Award Winner for best database on Linux. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5588&alloc_id=12065&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > >
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