[ltp] WirelessG LAN PCMCIA card

[Harry Mangalam]

Not the LAN card, but the AP - Linux Journal just had an article about the 
Linksys (Now Cisco) WRT54G series of wireless router/access points that are 
cheap (~$50 with rebates), Linux based, and are now being modified by a number 
of people to provide several very neat upgrades - increase radio power by 3fold, 
add sshd, netfiltering (it is linux after all) etc.
The WRT54G can act as both an accesspoint and router.  There's also a new 
version (WRT54GS) that has double the RAM and ROM for better upgradeability and 
some kind of Speedbooster tech for ~$20 more (I learned this too late..)

http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7322
and
http://www.a42.com/node/view/438
and links therein

I bought an earlier b version, was very happy with the web-based config and 
remote monitoring capabilities to keep my Mum happy cross country and have just 
bought the WRT54G version.  So far so good, but I haven't yet tried to flash the 
upgrade onto it.

[not affiliated with Linksys or Broadcom tho I live in Irvine]

hjm


Mark Farmer wrote:
> 
>> I've purchased a Netgear WG511 which aparently works well with 2.6 
>> kernel, i'm just in the process of installing Gentoo on my T22 so i'll 
>> let you know when I get the card working.
>>
>> Mark Farmer RHCT
>> Linux Server Administrator
> 
> 
> I got the WG511 working last night, once i'd emerged hotplug and 
> installed the firmware file (http://prism54.org/~mcgrof/firmware/), set 
> essid, mode and restricted key it fired right up.
> I have the driver compiled into the kernel not as a module but it should 
> work fine either way.
> 
> Mark.

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Cheers, Harry
Harry J Mangalam - 949 856 2847 (vox; email for fax) - hjm@tacgi.com
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