Re: D-Link DWL650 D-Link DWL900 and Debian
On Sun, 25 Aug 2002 21:12:25 -0700
Jim McCloskey <mcclosk@ling.ucsc.edu> wrote:
> My initial difficulty was that the D-Link DWL900 access point can be
> configured only with Windows tools and utilities. I have no access to
> any Windows machines, so I wasn't able to do any configuration at all
> on that end.
I don't know about the 900, but the 1000 series has an update that
provides a web based management interface.
> It turned out, though, that at least for the simple set-up I had in
> mind, no configuration was needed. I just plugged the AP in to a
> Netgear hub attached to the ethernet port of the desktop, and that was
> all I had to do on that side.
Hmmm sounds like the AP is still configured to allow access from any
wireless NIC, not a good configuration usually.
> I'm puzzled mainly by the sense that it shouldn't be working this
> well. If I understand correctly, the D-Link DWL650 is a prism card and
> is best supported by drivers made available in the linux-wlan-ng
> package.
Hmmm, I could be wrong but I thought it was best supported by the orinoco
driver. Which module are you currently using?
--
Jamin W. Collins
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