I regularly do this by using a wireless bridge which is plugged into the Ethernet port.
Takes about 2 minutes to boot to the login screen, but so what, take the time to get yourself a cup of coffee. Works very well, but save yourself hassles by making sure that the wireless bridge works well with your wireless AP (best way to do this is buying them both from the same manufacturer) If you are using a laptop use the wireless Pcmcia package (or whatever it is called) from the LTSP web site, this boots the kernel with PCMCIA support from a floppy. Cheers, Derek p.s. make sure you turn on WEP if you don't want to be hacked. Also if you use MAC address access (only allowing MAC addresses from your network, the AP will need to allow the MAC address of the wireless bridge and the MAC address of the computer behind it. If you use a laptop with a wireless booting from a floppy, you will only need to allow the MAC address of the PCMCIA card) Before I hear the usual stories about WEP not being secure, I run Airsnort on a box here to crack WEP on my own network, I would not worry too much, just change your keys about once a week. Forget about drive by hackers, the battery will die long before they crack the keys. (although your next door neighbour may be a problem, if they don't have a life) On Tue, 2004-04-27 at 06:40, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm a novice and I was wondering if I can boot a wireless box from a > regular ole terminal server running that boots my pxe terminals. I know > it can be done but I just can't find the distro to do it. I believe it > all can fit on a floppy, ya know just the kernel other scripts that get > the WEP key and dhcp should do the rest. > > This is not far fetched right?? > > Where can I find this type of distro or is ltsp the one?? > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: The Robotic Monkeys at ThinkGeek > For a limited time only, get FREE Ground shipping on all orders of $35 > or more. Hurry up and shop folks, this offer expires April 30th! > http://www.thinkgeek.com/freeshipping/?cpg=12297 > _____________________________________________________________________ > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: The Robotic Monkeys at ThinkGeek For a limited time only, get FREE Ground shipping on all orders of $35 or more. Hurry up and shop folks, this offer expires April 30th! http://www.thinkgeek.com/freeshipping/?cpg=12297 _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
