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24/05/2005
Well my wireless gear went up a couple of notches. I now have a
lovely LinkSys [1] WRT54GS A/P and a LinkSys [2] Wireless Print
Server. I am going to strip the crap wireless card out of my server
and re-build it with a more modern Linux distro.
I love the WRT54GS! VERY easy to set up and unless I REALLY require
some funky stuff I will be sticking with the stock firmware.
Now all i need is a second AP and a Mast/Antenna and uplink here I
come!
24/08/2004
I now have an operational wireless network for home! YAY!
Note to others: Be careful with Realtek based wireless cards, unless
you are willing to use an older Linux kernel with Redhat 9 DONT GET
ONE OF THESE!!
With that, I have current got the Excel 802.11b card (Realtek 8180
chipset based) acting as an AP with no amplification etc and can
connect to it with a very good connection from across the street
(about 20 meters) I am going to try to connect from the park across
the road a bit aswell
Now it is into the fun stuff. I will get another couple of cards, a
mast, and two antenna's (an omni and directional one) and see what
comes with that.
No ADSL in my estate so I am stuck with an ISDN connection, but it
beats the HELL out of a 56k dial-up.
17/06/2004
Been in the house for 2 weeks now and that fun stuff I was talking
about has started. Still heaps to do though.
13/02/2004
Well I now have brick walls, a roof, the plumbing in and the windows
on.
Only 10-11 weeks to go, then the fun REALLY starts
Links:
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[1] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?LinkSys
[2] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?LinkSys
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