Franco wrote:
I have an 802.11g wireless network at home, and it works perfectly.
you probably have either very thick walls, lots of metal around
Yes, I have a 3-floors house, with very thick walls/floors/ceilings
made of iron and concrete.
Are you saying that you were just unable to get enough throughput on
you WiFi card?
Yes, with the 811.g I was barely able to tranfer files
at about 30 KB/sec (when the link wasn't down).
Or were you just unable to maintain a reliable signal?
Both things. The signal wasn't reliable at all, but even
when I had the signal, performances were very poor.
Under Linux, I used a ping -f to keep the connectiopn up.
The windows machines were basically network-less.
But I suppose I'll look into that electical networking stuff.
My only concern is the cost.
It's worth it. They are not only faster and reliable,
they are also plug-and-play. I didn't even open the
enclosed CDs... just plugged the adapter in a free plug,
and I was networked....
remember, you'll have to look for cards supported by linux,
and probably fight a lot with kernel modules and configuration
scripts, to get the wi-fi up and running (even it things
may be easier now than one year ago on Fedora core 2)
Also, you have to be careful with this kind of network because it can be
accessed by anyone on your side of the transformer.
Well, that device has also a way for encrypting the transmitted data...
at least the risk is limited to my neighbours.
If you really manage to get a working wi-fi, anybody passing by
the street could connect to your LAN...
Franco
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My experience with wifi has been nothing but good. True, your
neighbours could see your network. That's why there's WPA, WEP, etc.
As well, most wireless routers will let you create lists to allow only
certain MACs.
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