Re: PCI wlan NICs
hi ya
On Tue, 25 May 2004, Borislav Petkov wrote:
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> Hi there smart list,
> our dorm is migrating to a wireless LAN network and I have to buy a PCI WLAN
> NIC in order to use the new cheap net provider we're getting. However, since
> I'm using linux 99% of the time, I'll need a NIC that has a linux driver. The
> best thing'll be to buy something as cheap and as standard as a NIC based on
> the RTL-8139 chip by Realtek, but a WLAN version of it. I went to
> http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/ (Wireless LAN resources
> for Linux) but I'd like to hear what you guys have to say about this, any
> positive or negative experiences.. That will be of great help.
not sure of realtek wireless cars
if you want other wireless devices to use your linux-based gw to get out
than the pci card ( chipset ) must support:
iwconfig ethxx mode master
( if it doesnt, it will NOT work as an access point )
even if it did, and you plan to run wpa instead of wep ...
you will need a card and driver that supports wpa
#
# beware of all manufacturers model numbers... same named product can
# have different chipset inside and the silly marketing box will not say
# what chipset they using today to build a million of these cards
#
- list of various drivers .. and/o linux based AP
http://linux-sec.net/Wireless/Drivers
http://linux-sec.net/Wireless/AP -- cards other people used
- i've gotten the netgear wg311 802.11g w/ madwifi drivers to work as an
AP
http://linux-sec.net/Wireless/Install-HOWTO
- next step is to get it to run WPA and radius
c ya
alvin
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