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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. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Discuss mailing list > > > > Discuss at blu.org > > > > http://www.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Discuss mailing list > > > Discuss at blu.org > > > http://www.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > Discuss at blu.org > > http://www.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > >
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