On 11/28/05, Michael Tinsay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- Paolo Alexis Falcone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > have the card activated using a windows machine > > first, then follow the > > instructions from http://centerclick.org/aircard555. > > Thanks for the link. > > > Now, would you still be using the 486 for that? That > > chip isn't really > > a power-efficient platform... > > > It's not going to be a 24x7 router. It is for when I > need to setup a small LAN is various areas for various > purposes (e.g. exhibits, outdoor gatherings sa > kalagitnaan ng bukid, backup connection if our DSL > line fails for whatever reason, etc.) I already have > the machine with a PCMCIA-slot PCI card. We can't get > it to work in Win98 so I'm looking at a Linux-based > solution. I'm already downloading the latest > Slackware (v10.2) as it is the only distro I found so > far that claims it stills works for pre-Pentium > processors.
<shameless plug>Debian will also work on that machine</shameless plug> As long as the distro won't have Pentium(i586) or Pentium-Pro and up (i686) optimizations in their kernels and C libraries you could use that distro. -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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