Following up on this ancient thread.
thanks to all for the good advice. I've been banging on this problem
intermittently since Feb. but no luck.
Bridging solution - sounded like the best idea but for whatever reason
it won't work with the access point - a Comcast/Xfinity cable modem.
So I got a USB wireless adapter, an Encore ENUWI-1XN45. Somewhere I got
the idea that it needs the rtl8192cu driver (re the chip,
/proc/bus/usb/devices says 0bda:8186, which per
https://usb-ids.gowdy.us/read/UD/0bda is an RTL8188CUS 802.11n WLAN Adapter)
Compiled 8192cu support as a module (it's a staging driver). It loads,
picks up the correct MAC address, but gives me "Failed to request
firmware!" error message.
So if anyone's got any experience to share w/this, or can recommend
another USB adapter that's likely to work, I'd be grateful.
If all else fails, time for the 100' ethernet patch cable...
thanks
Judah
On 02/23/2012 09:41 AM, David Zakar wrote:
I connected my wife's computer to our extensive home network using a D-Link
DAP-1513 wireless bridge just the other day. Once I updated the firmware to
the most recent version, it was trivial to get working. Not as good as
wired, of course, but it's suitable for the moment. If you've got a
simultaneous dual band AP/router, a wireless bridge is probably a good place
to use the 5ghz band.
I personally like bridges as a solution for desktops because you avoid
driver problems (which are not just a Linux concern!) and associated driver
maintenance.
-DMZ
-----Original Message-----
From: Justin Walker [mailto:che...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 6:15 PM
To: UM-LINUX@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU
Subject: Re: [UM-LINUX] Wireless for desktop?
Nope, only the 'receiving' end needs to be configured for bridge mode.
The transmitting side just acts as a regular access point.
- Justin
On 2/21/2012 6:07 PM, J. Milgram wrote:
Another good suggestion! I gather, then, that the primary router (the
one now connected to the outside world) doesn't require any special
bridge mode features? Just the client?
On 02/20/2012 12:26 PM, Ed Condon wrote:
What I've done in a similar situation is to use a wireless router as
a wireless client bridge and then connect the desktop computer to one
of the router's wired ports.
If you have an unused wireless router compatible with
openwrt/tomato/ddwrt firmware, you should be able to set it up as a
wireless client bridge (or something similar). It may be possible
that some wireless routers support this feature with factory
firmware, but I don't know.
If you already have access to such a router, then this might be an
option to consider. It does have the nice benefit of giving you a few
more wired ports at the same location, but may take up a little more
space and needs its own power connection.
-Ed
On Mon, 20 Feb 2012, J. Milgram wrote:
Am too lazy to run an cable to a a desktop in a remote room - anyone
have any experience with PCI or USB wireless adapters for Linux?
Looking more for cheap/easy-to-install rather than performance.
thanks...
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