RE: [MLUG] 801.11 wireless card question

[John Engelbrecht <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

i have a co-worker whoes interested getting them
linksys wireless access point and a pccard 



On Tue, 8 May 2001, Jason Youngquist wrote:

> 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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