RE: [MLUG] 801.11 wireless card question

[Jason Youngquist <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Speaking of wireless ethernet, has anyone tested out the Linksys access
point plus cable/DSL router?  It looks like a pretty sweet combo.  I just
got a wireless card for my laptop and I've been thinking on getting an AP
for the house.

--Jason


On Tue, 8 May 2001, McNutt, Justin M. wrote:

> The only 802.11b card I've been able to get to work under Linux is the Cisco
> Aironet 340 NIC (specifically).  The 350 NIC comes with Linux drivers, but I
> wasn't able to make them work.
> 
> The PCMCIA driver package (and the kernel, for that matter) has come a long
> way since then, though, and there are a lot of various WLAN drivers in both
> packages.  Worth a shot.
> 
> --J
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Rick Buford [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 4:46 PM
> > To: 'MLUG'
> > Subject: RE: [MLUG] 801.11 wireless card question
> > 
> > 
> > dunno how helpful this is, but during the 7.1 install, I 
> > noticed my Linksys
> > wireless card begin to blink. Apparently, the wvlan modules 
> > work with it, so
> > they might be able to talk to the SMC as well. My next 
> > problem is how to
> > configure the card with my network settings (WEP, etc...) and 
> > then I can
> > take Win2k off my laptop entirely.
> > http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Orinoco.h
> tml might be a
> good place to start...
> 
> Rick 
> Dimensions will always be expressed in the least usable term. Velocity, for
> example, will be expressed in furlongs per fortnight. 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: EMAIL:PROTECTED
> [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Dave Lloyd
> Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 4:09 PM
> To: EMAIL:PROTECTED
> Subject: [MLUG] 801.11 wireless card question
> 
> 
> I've got a co-worker that's trying to get a SMC wireless card to work
> with RedHat 6.2.  It was part of a package (SMC 2620W) that includes
> both the NAP and the card.  Has anyone gotten an SMC card to work under
> Linux?  I figured with MU's 802.11 access points and the number of 
> uber geeks on the list, somone must have tried this.
> 
> Muchos Banos!
> 
> Dave Lloyd
> 
> PS First person to answer the question right gets a random on-sale item 
> from the SGI store when I go out there in two weeks.
> 
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