Re: WiFi on alpha
On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 07:58:55PM -0000, sacha@myxomop.com wrote:
> Can any one make a success reporn on plugging any wifi card in an
> alpha machine? Would like to do so, but there exist so many hardware
> types and drivers, large parts of them is not opensource, some need
> binary modules which may be platform dependant etc.
Steve's right about the wireless, quite often they just look like
strange ethernet cards. Another option, and one I use because I had it
lying around, is to convert an old AP into a bridge, using something
like OpenWrt or dd-wrt. Then you use normal ethernet cards to connect to it.
I have that in my setup. The reason why I don't use wires is because I'm
renting the place. I'm using dd-wrt myself, it's prettier!
- Craig
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