Hi, Klistvud wrote:
Howdie, fellow Debianites!There is no wired internet available in our apartment. Is it possible to make the Squeeze installer use a USB wireless interface during installation (for setting up the mirrors, downloading from the internet etc.)? What do I have to do to make it happen? The wireless network I'm planning to use is open to all (unprotected/unencrypted).
A solution is to use a wireless bridge device. These bridge to a standard Ethernet connection without the client machine having to know anything at all about the wireless network.
Here is one example: http://www.netgear.com.au/au/Product/Home-Theater/Networking-for-Home-/WNCE2001I use these to bridge to a wired network, just plug it into a standard switch and let it serve all ports on that switch via the single wireless. Obviously not so good if you high throughput on multiple devices, but handy for what you need -- directly to a single computer.
-- Kind Regards AndrewM Andrew McGlashan Broadband Solutions now including VoIP