Wireless router question.

[kyle at breezy.com (Kyle Plummer)]

Sorry about that.  That should have been Feb. 2002 issue "of the magazine".

Kyle

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Keyes" <bob at sinister.com>
To: "Kyle Plummer" <kyle at breezy.com>
Cc: "Kent Borg" <kentborg at borg.org>; "Jerry Feldman" <gaf at blu.org>;
<discuss at blu.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 3:54 PM
Subject: Re: Wireless router question.


> I don't think you can actually use the Orinoco cards as an Access Point in
> the true sense of using 'infrastructure' mode (in infrastructure mode,
> all communication goes through the AP. Otherwise, you are using 'ad-hoc'
> mode and devices talk to each other directly. Infrastructure mode is known
> to scale better). You CAN use prism2 based cards under linux as an AP
> using what is known as the Host Mode Access  Point. Software is available
> at http://www.epitest.fi/Prism2. I have tried it, and it works (no WEP
> though).
>
> Correct me if I am wrong, I am not an LJ subscriber and they don't have
> that article on the web site it seems.
>
> On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, Kyle Plummer wrote:
>
> > Funny, Linux Journal has an article, in the February 2002 issue, on how
to
> > use an old laptop as a base station.  Using Orinoco WiFi cards.  Looks
> > interesting.
> >
> > Kyle
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Bob Keyes" <bob at sinister.com>
> > To: "Kent Borg" <kentborg at borg.org>
> > Cc: "Jerry Feldman" <gaf at blu.org>; <discuss at blu.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 2:34 PM
> > Subject: Re: Wireless router question.
> >
> >
> > > I've been very active in the wireless arena for a while now, and
here's
> > > what I've concluded based upon people's comments to mailing lists:
> > >
> > > FORGET support from SMC, Linksys, and the lesser known vendors. They
are
> > > basically front operations for Taiwan based manufacturers who, even if
> > > they could understand your language, don't have the time to deal with
you.
> > >
> > > The best 802.11 gear is made by Cisco, closely followed by Lucent.
Support
> > > here is also better. While bleeding-edge gear from these vendors is
> > > expensive, trailing edge stuff can be quite reasonable. For instance,
the
> > > older generation Cisco AIR-PCM-342 cards can be had for as low as $40
and
> > > are vastly superior to the generic, prism2 chipset cards that are sold
by
> > > the 'generic' vendors. There's a lot of the Lucent Orinoco cards
available
> > > cheap as well, though some with no WEP or only 40 bit WEP. These are
nice
> > > because you can get a cable to easily attach an external antenna, for
less
> > > than $20.
> > >
> > > For access points, the Lucent RG-1000 has been discontinued, but is
still
> > > supported and a package of access point and one client card is
available
> > > from http://www.invictusnetworks.com/itm00005.htm -- I am going to be
> > > ordering one of these and will let you know how well it works. They
have a
> > > good reputation, and ....WILL RUN LINUX!
> > >
> > > I've dropped this URL before, but I'll do it again here because I
think
> > > it's appropriate: http://www.bawia.org -- Boston Area Wireless
Internet
> > > Alliance -- a mailing list and web resource that might help answer
some of
> > > your 802.11b questions.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, Kent Borg wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Wed, Feb 06, 2002 at 01:32:11PM -0500, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> > > > > Does anyone actually have any real opinions on one over the other.
> > Both support 128 bit
> > > > > encryption IEEE 802.11b compatible.
> > > >
> > > > Remember, 802.11b WEP security has been broken.  It doesn't matter
> > > > what length key you use, the protocol chooses the keys poorly and
> > > > there is a free cracking tool out there that cracks WEP (Airsnort?).
> > > >
> > > > Go ahead and use WEP if you like, but put something secure on top of
> > > > it, like SSL or SSH.  There are going to be drive-by-spammers, don't
> > > > let them blacken your reputation.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -kb, the Kent who hasn't figured out the details of setting up a
> > > > secure 802.11b system.
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