On Sun, Jun 04, 2000 at 11:18:57PM -0400, Dan Brosemer wrote: > I'm looking at getting a wireless modem for my laptop, and I'm wondering if > anyone has had experience getting one working with Linux. If so, what's > supported, what isn't, and where could I go to find out for myself? Ditto on the above request. I'm looking for information on anyone who has experience with wireless LAN and other wireless products under Debian. Many of the CDPD protocol wireless modems have reasonable prices now for service, and while a little slow, it would be great to be the "first on the block" to be able to go anywhere with the laptop and still be able to get on the Internet and check systems via SSH, etc. Some of the CDPD modems claim to be backwards compatible with regular modems, using a subset of the AT command string and having true serial port style PCMCIA connectivity... if so, it would seem that setting up PPP easy, but I don't know if that is the overlying protocol that the service providers are using or not. As far as wireless LAN goes, it seems from what I've read that the best way to go is to stick to anything using the Lucent chipsets these days. They're 802.11 compatible and also compatible with of all silly things, the Apple AirPort, which is by far the cheapest solution for a "base station" on the market at this point. Setting up the AirPort without a Mac would be problematic at best, but my wife has an iMac, so I'm covered there. I assume that the WaveLAN cards would fall into this "uses the Lucent chipset" category. Anyone with any war stories on either technology? -- Nate Duehr <nate@natetech.com> GPG Key fingerprint = DCAF 2B9D CC9B 96FA 7A6D AAF4 2D61 77C5 7ECE C1D2 Public Key available upon request, or at wwwkeys.pgp.net and others.
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