[mdlug] Wireless card recommendation -update-

[Michael ORourke]

Yeah, I thought about that and did some research on setting up a repeater. 
Sounds like a good solution.  The only down side is the budget.  Which is 
pretty much NIL.  So I think I'm going to try and move the Access Point, and 
hope it gets a decent signal to both PC's.  That would be the cheapest 
solution for now.

-Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Aaron Kulkis" <akulkis3 at hotpop.com>
To: "MDLUG's Main discussion list" <mdlug at mdlug.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 9:19 PM
Subject: Re: [mdlug] Wireless card recommendation -update-


> Michael ORourke 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.
>
> One word: REPEATER.
>
>>
>> ----- 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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