On Sun, June 22, 2008 8:18 pm, DJA wrote: > Carl Lowenstein wrote: >> On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 7:36 PM, James G. Sack (jim) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >>> Lan Barnes wrote: >>>> I'm ready to take direction. >>>> >>> Perhaps you could repost your hardware description. >>> >>> Maybe you should post that on a wiki page somewhere? O:-) >>> ;-) sorry, couldn't resist. >>> >>> My favorite approach is trying live-cd versions. >>> Many people say that Ubuntu has better wireless support, but I still >>> try >>> Fedora. (U8.04, F9). >>> >>> Do I understand that you have no built-in wireless? Or is this the >>> l'top >>> that had bad wireless hardware? >>> >>> Well, anyway, which adapters do you have to play with? >> >> After a lot of fiddling with cardbus and USB wireless adapters, I have >> found that the most foolproof solution is to push the wireless part >> off to another gadget that has solved that problem, and connect to it >> with regular 10BaseT Ethernet (RJ45). As I mentioned somewhere, >> perhaps in another frazzled thread, the D-Link Wireless Pocket >> Router/AP DWL-G730AP does the job. >> >> carl > > I second the nomination. I have two of these. Although mostly I use mine > as as AP in places where there is only an Ethernet connection. > > BTW, this device has three (mechanically switched) modes: Wifi Access > Point, Bridged Ethernet<->Wifi Adapter, and Router/Firewall. It's very > small (pack of playing cards), comes in a nice shaving kit bag with > small PS, Power-over-USB cable, and flat Ethernet cable (roughly 4.5 ft.). >
This sounds like an excellent approach. I've been unable to find one so far. I did find a USB wireless AP (Linksys Wireless G). Like the other USB approaches, it scans the locat routers just fine, but doesn't connect. The Airlink 101 USB connects in the clear (not WEP) but drops easily. I would go PC Card in a New York minute, but the card slot on the machine is an "Expresscard type II 54 mm," which doesn't fit my proven PC Cards. Carl, are you still willing to let me try your DWL-G730AP? -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer -- KPLUG-List@kernel-panic.org http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
