>>>>> "Rod" == Rod Butcher <[email protected]> writes:
Rod> I need to set up a wireless home network, essentially for Rod> training myself on networking. It needs to support a couple of Rod> Linux and Windows servers and clients such as laptops. Do I need Rod> a wireless router, or can I just plug a cheap PCI card into the Rod> server that will host the network ? Can anybody recommend cheap Rod> Linux-compatible solutions available in Sydney ? thanks Rod -- You can pick up a cheap wireless router or access point very cheaply on eBay---for less than the price of a master-capable PCI card. Then you can install dd-wrt and play to your heart's content. search for wap54g or wrt54g, but check the actial router version against the supporte hardware lists for openwrt and/or dd-wrt. Linksys had a habit of selling quite differently specced routers under the same name, but with different amounts of flash and ram. You need the version to tell what you will get. Peter C -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
