* nori heikkinen (nori@sccs.swarthmore.edu) [030815 07:52]: > hey all, > > my roommate (who has a laptop) and i are thinking about either running > cables all the way around our apartment, or setting up a wireless > point from my debian box. i'd enjoy doing the latter, but before i > buy the hardware, i thought i'd check with my most valuable > information source about what debianites are happy with in terms of > brands, models, &c. > > any particular suggestions / references / aversions? Stay away from 3com. Generally, I've had good experiences with their NICs, but both wireless products I've used from them ( a homeconnect AP and pcmcia card) went nuts. I think it was bad firmware -- bad to the point that it couldn't be recovered. I spent way too many hours trying to get those to work! For the laptop, I'm happy with my linksys wpc11. You might also consider cisco aironet cards. They're more expensive, but I have colleagues who swear by them. As for the linksys, I like it enough I just bought another one (to replace that #@$&^$%#%^$# 3com) > > thanks, > > </nori> > > -- > .~. nori @ sccs.swarthmore.edu > /V\ http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/~nori/jnl/ > // \\ @ maenad.net > /( )\ www.maenad.net > ^`~'^ > get my (*new*) key here: > http://www.maenad.net/geek/gpg/7ede5499.asc > (please *remove* old key 11e031f1!) > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > > -- http://www.doorstop.net/ -- One nation, indivisible, with equality, liberty, and justice for all.
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