Just wanted to report that I've recently succeeded in installing a very handy little Wireless G Router to free my laptop from it's leash (read ADSL cable).
It has the standard 4 ethernet ports, a WAN port for the ADSL modem, built-in SPI/NAT firewall, WPA security, up to 253 Wireless G connections, and just about best of all, a Linux-compatible USB print server. I can now sit in the sun in the backyard while surfing and printing without any cables dragging everywhere :-) The hardest part was the WPA support, which is still in alpha for Linux, only supports a few chipsets (including NDISWrapper), and is a very manual compile only install, but you still have WEP as a fallback (or share your connection with every passing war-driver :-) The rest works like a dream. You can find details at http://www.minitar.com/index.php?maincat=product&cat=wireless&prod=w_54_g&page=1. The cost here in Oz is around A$150 (say US$100), an absolute bargain compared to the other routers with print servers. I'm not sure how widespread their international distribution is. These are the guys who managed to liberate the drivers for the RT2400 802.11b wireless chipset as GPL, so they're a good bunch of people to support. Sadly, the code for the gateway is proprietory (*BSD based I'd say), so no WRT54G-style hacking here :-( Cheers! John.
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