Re: Wireless Networking

[Heather <star@betelgeuse.starshine.org>]

> I finally broke down and bought an Omnibook 500 to
> run Debian on. I would like to set up wireless networking
> to my cable modem. Has anyone found a 802.11b wireless LAN
> card that works well w/Debian? 

My hubby has an Aironet card - works great.  "Out of the box" with dhcp 
clienting at our local coffee shop, too.  :D

> Any suggestions for a combo 
> access point/cable modem router/hub?
> 
> Thanks

Nope, I have iDSL, not cablemodem, so no experience with those.  Sorry.

However, my best *guess* would be that if you have a cablemodem gadget 
that speaks standard ether, and a wireless hub that speaks standard 
ether in one port, that you could hook them together fairly easily:


 ) 
spooky }---------[ cable modem with NAT ]-+--desktop(s) 
internet )                                |
  o (__) clouds                           +--[wireless hub] <- - -> laptop
                                          :
                                          :.. more?

...made easiest if your wireless hub is willing to use a static address 
and consider the cablemodem its gateway - and as long as the cablemodem hub 
will honor and NAT its traffic onward.

Best of luck

* Heather Stern * star@ many places...