Technical questions
Willy Smith <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.network.wireless.cu-wireless |
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| Organization | SSC |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
I did take some time to look around the site, but I didn't find the answers to these questions. 1) Which wireless cards (or chipsets) are currently supported? 2) Are standard drivers used, or have you created (or modified) drivers? 3) Does the software support more than one WiFi card per host? 4) If more than one card is supported, can hosts be linked via a dedicated point-to-point wireless bridge to extend the mesh? and, just one wild hallucination: 5) Has anyone done any investigation into whether a standalone radio could be used? Two common LinkSys products come to mind: a) The WRT54G can be hacked so that Linux can be installed directly instead of the factory software. b) The WAP11, which has 802.11b and an Ethernet port, and which can also be hacked for more power output and functionality. The advantages that these units have is that they have external reverse TNC connectors, can be placed outside in a small box near the antenna, and run on a nominal 12 volts which can be run through the Ethernet cable interface. They are also readily available and inexpensive. Regards, -- Willy Smith Editor in Chief www.LinuxGazette.com www.a42.com Panama _______________________________________________ CU-Wireless mailing list [email protected] http://lists.cu.groogroo.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/cu-wireless Project Page: http://cuwireless.ucimc.org