[mdlug] Wireless card recommendation -update-

[Michael ORourke]

Merrick,

Either that site is *extremely* busy, or it is down.  I've tried several 
times in the last few days.  Thanks for sending me the link anyways.

-Mike

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Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 9:02 AM
Subject: Re: [mdlug] Wireless card recommendation -update-


> You may want to try looking into a parabolic reflector for the AP
> http://www.freeantennas.com/projects/template/ -- there are more sites
> which get more involved, but that popped up first in my search.
>
> You could also buy a cheap router (i heard buffalo brands were the
> cheapest for this) and install ddwrt on it(just flash the firmware on
> the router, and its running linux with a nice web interface etc) --
> ddwrt will let it act as a wireless repeater.
>
> That's all I have for now, hope it helps.
>
> -Merrick
>
> On 10/9/07, Michael ORourke <mrorourke at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> I picked up a D-Link WDA-2320 card from a local store and installed it.
>> Seems to be working well.  It uses the Madwifi drivers.  The only problem 
>> I
>> ran into thus far is where I want to install the PC, I'm not getting a
>> signal.  So I temporarily moved the PC closer to the Access Point and
>> configured it on the network.  The office I'm trying to get a signal to 
>> is
>> about 200' from the AP, but there are several walls in between it and the
>> PC.  Since that part of the building doesn't have any network cabling, I
>> don't have a lot of options.  I might try to move the AP so it's closer, 
>> but
>> that is not a trivial task.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Michael ORourke" <mrorourke at earthlink.net>
>> To: "MDLUG's main mailing list" <mdlug at mdlug.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 3:15 PM
>> Subject: [mdlug] Wireless card recommendation
>>
>>
>> > It looks like there are a lot of cheap "generic" wireless cards on 
>> > eBay.
>> > Any suggestions on what to look for and what NOT to waste time on.  I'd
>> > rather pay a few extra dollars for a card that will work right
>> > out-of-the-box, rather than having to compile a special module or 
>> > drivers.
>> > I'm looking for something that is PCI based and is "g" compatible. 
>> > This
>> > is
>> > for a desktop PC running the latest ubuntu linux and kernel
>> > 2.6.20-16-generic.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Mike
>> >
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