Debian nslu2 available on wireless network - USB wireless adapter?
I have a problem connecting to my samba shares through my wireless
network (both on Linux and windows laptops). This is an issue with my
wireless networking being a subnet to my wired Ethernet network, and
the nslu2 is not able to ping (across it's Ethernet connection) any of
the wireless laptops.
Would a quick way of sharing this samba server be to buy a USB
wireless adapter (alongside the wired Ethernet), plug it in and
configure to my wireless router? The nslu2 isn't that far away from
the wireless router (albeit on the first floor, while the wireless is
on the ground floor). My laptops get good connectivity when I am sat
near the nslu2.
Would the nslu2 happily live on two networks like this? What USB
wireless adapters should I avoid/can anyone recommend? Can the samba
server happily live with two interfaces like this? Would samba over
USB wireless be quick enough? Is there any other documentation that
will guide me through getting the USB adapter working (at a newbie
level)? What kind of gotchas should I be looking for?
So, I really need to know whether it is worth trying to fix up the
nslu2 with a USB wireless adapter. I've seen the documentation at [0]
but I'm not even sure if this is what I'm trying to do. I have been
searching the net for similar solutions for a few days now, without
significant success - hence me coming here.
Thanks in advance.
Adam
[0] http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/Peripherals/WirelessNetworkAdapter
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