I have a mixed wireless/wired network. I use a D-Link 713 router to connect the network to the broadband feed. That provides the wireless access poiint and three wired ports. I uplink one to the linksys 16 port switch. The 802.11b cards are D-link also. I plugged the pc card into my redhat laptop and booted it, and it worked. No config involved.
I would mess with using a pcmcia card as an access point, this way is so easy and reliable. Chris On Thu, 2002-02-07 at 16:39, James Vellenga wrote: > Hello everyone, I currently have a home network connecting several > computers through a hub, including my toshiba laptop running win98 to my > linux box which provides all the network resources and connects to my > cable isp. Currently my laptop is connected with a wired pcmcia network > card (linksys) however, the dongle part is pooched and only works if I > hope the plug just right :) Anyway, I was considering going to wireless > for the laptop (probably will stay wired with the remainder of the > network for now.) I have read some of the HOWTO's on this, but have > some questions. > > 1. How well does it work to simply have a wireless network card in the > laptop and one one in linux box (Think I have a pci spot open in the > linux box) to connect the laptop to the rest of the network. > > 2. What wireless network cards have people used that are compatible > with redhat 7.2 (this is what I am running in my linux box) I will be > running win 98 on the toshiba most of the time but having compatibility > with linux there wouldn't be bad either > > 3. Do you have any other advice for me. > > Jim > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- Chris Mason Box 340, The Valley, Anguilla Tel: 264-497-5670 Fax: 264-497-8463 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo ID: netconcepts_anguilla or chris_mason_laptop ICQ: 118159388 _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
