[ltp] IBM's Access Point 500

[Till Straumann]

J Lentin wrote:

>>I'm just getting around to buying an access point for my T30 and I've
>>been looking at IBM's High Rate Wireless LAN Access Point 500
>>(http://www.pc.ibm.com/qtechinfo/MIGR-4RTQAK.html?lang=en_US&brand=IBM+Options&doctype=&subtype=Cat).
>>Under OS compatibility they list only Windows. I thought an access point
>>would be OS independant. Anyone have experience with IBM's access point
>>with Linux machines?
>>
> 
> Although I don't have any experience with this particular model, I
> imagine the configuration software (to set the IP address, SSID, etc) is
> windows based, thus the windows requirement.  This was the case with my
> netgear one, anyway.  However, once it is configured, you shouldn't need
> to play with the software again.  An access point will indeed be OS
> independant, so as long as you have a windows machine around to set it
> up, you'll be fine.


There are also Access Points available (Apple AirPort, Lucent RG1000)
for which a configurator written in java is available. Hence no need
for a windows machine.

-- Till


> 
> Also with such things, it's worth seeing if you can configure them by
> telnet, to avoid installing any software.  Many such appliances will.
> 
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