[ale] Wireless networking suggestions wanted

Christopher Fowler cfowler at outpostsentinel.com
Tue Jul 29 14:26:02 EDT 2003


Stay away from office stores then.  Go to BestBuy, CompUSA, or better 
MicroCenter.  Get a linksys device.  It is nice and works weel with Linux.
I've been using mine for a long time.


On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 02:23:02PM -0400, Robert E. Karaffa, II wrote:
> 
>    I'm  using  a Rev. 1 Apple Base station (Graphite) on my home LAN.  it
>    is  plugged  into a switch, has a static IP (from my Linux DSL gateway
>    box),  and  can  feed  the needs of anything wireless in my system (G4
>    laptop  running  OS  X,  PowerBooks  5300/1400  running OS 8.1 and 9.1
>    respectively,  Dell Latitude running Win2k Pro, 3Com Audrey stuck to a
>    WET-11).   I still use my wired network from floor to floor (tri-level
>    townhome) when I want to stream multimedia.
>    -Bob K.
>    on 7/27/03 3:39 PM, Preston Boyington at
>    PBoyington at polyengineering.com wrote:
> 
>      I  am  going  to (finally) buy a wireless setup for my house.  Upon
>      visiting  the  local Office Max/Depot I see a majority of Microsoft
>      branded  devices  (I  gather  they bought someone out).  I promptly
>      left there and wrote "here".
>      What are the setups ALEr's use?  Linksys?  Belkin?  M$???
>      How  well to integrate it into DSL or Cable internet?  (want to use
>      laptop to surf from my lounge chair)
>      yep, still at work,
>      Preston
> 
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