i know that this is not an answer to your question but, I am sending this email from my pda through the U om Ms wireless network. Andrew. > >Can anyone suggest what would be the best WAP + wireless PCI cards for >me to buy for a linux system? More specifically for a network of about >5 boxen, mostly linux but with one or two windowses [we hates it, my >precious]. > >Specifically, where "best" == "most likely to just work without me >having to spend hours figuring stuff out and editing config files." >Preferably this would include encryption being enabled from the >get-go, rather than requiring a lot of pain to set up. > >Actually, if the answer to the above is "there isn't any," that would >be useful info, too! > >I'm just reconstructing my home office after a move and trying to >assess whether pulling wire (ugh --- lath and plaster walls) or buying >some stuff will get me to fully functioning fastest. > >I know there are HOWTOs out the wazoo on wireless, but most of them >don't really help distinguish between "this will work easily" and >"this will work, but by the end you'll be drinking vodka and percodan >like spring water." > >Thanks! >R >_______________________________________________ >Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >http://www.mn-linux.org >tclug-list at mn-linux.org >https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list ------ http://USFamily.Net/info - Unlimited Internet - From $8.99/mo! ------