Hi
tor, 2003-04-03 kl. 21:42 skrev David Z Maze:
> Søren Boll Overgaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> [snip looking for wlan hardware]
> My experience has been that brand doesn't matter; the only thing you
> really care about is that your 802.11b card is based on an Orinoco
> chipset, and most of them are.
I've been looking at the D-Link plus series (650+ and 520+), but as far
as I can tell by googling, they aren't supported, except by some binary
driver which has basically been withdrawn due to defects.
Does that sound correct to you?
> Wireless Ethernet is, surprisingly, a
> case where there's a single predominant standard that everybody uses
> in a compatible way. So I've used both a Dell-brand and an
> Enterasys-brand wireless cards with D-Link-brand and Apple-brand
> access points with no particular issues.
Unfortunately, the dealer I am somewhat forced to deal only with D-Link
(and only the plus series) and SMC products. Neither of which appear to
be well supported under Linux.
> My current access point at home is a D-Link DWL-900AP, which works
> just fine (except that it doesn't have a reset button and I've
> forgotten the password for it; if you have any insights on this, I'd
> like to know). There's a range of what features you get with your
> wireless. Mine is just an access point; one end plugs into a wired
> network, and it shuffles bits around, that's all. NAT ("connection
> sharing") features are also quite common; people who sell access
> points seem to want to sell you the one network-related box you'll
> ever need.
That's basically what I want as well, so I will probably go for the
D-Link DWL-900AP as well.
Thanks for your help.
(And oops, for accidently not setting the subject in my initial post).
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