Wireless router question.

[bob at sinister.com (Bob Keyes)]

I don't think you can actually use the Orinoco cards as an Access Point in
the true sense of using 'infrastructure' mode (in infrastructure mode,
all communication goes through the AP. Otherwise, you are using 'ad-hoc'
mode and devices talk to each other directly. Infrastructure mode is known
to scale better). You CAN use prism2 based cards under linux as an AP
using what is known as the Host Mode Access  Point. Software is available
at http://www.epitest.fi/Prism2. I have tried it, and it works (no WEP
though).

Correct me if I am wrong, I am not an LJ subscriber and they don't have
that article on the web site it seems.

On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, Kyle Plummer wrote:

> Funny, Linux Journal has an article, in the February 2002 issue, on how to
> use an old laptop as a base station.  Using Orinoco WiFi cards.  Looks
> interesting.
>
> Kyle
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Keyes" <bob at sinister.com>
> To: "Kent Borg" <kentborg at borg.org>
> Cc: "Jerry Feldman" <gaf at blu.org>; <discuss at blu.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 2:34 PM
> Subject: Re: Wireless router question.
>
>
> > I've been very active in the wireless arena for a while now, and here's
> > what I've concluded based upon people's comments to mailing lists:
> >
> > FORGET support from SMC, Linksys, and the lesser known vendors. They are
> > basically front operations for Taiwan based manufacturers who, even if
> > they could understand your language, don't have the time to deal with you.
> >
> > The best 802.11 gear is made by Cisco, closely followed by Lucent. Support
> > here is also better. While bleeding-edge gear from these vendors is
> > expensive, trailing edge stuff can be quite reasonable. For instance, the
> > older generation Cisco AIR-PCM-342 cards can be had for as low as $40 and
> > are vastly superior to the generic, prism2 chipset cards that are sold by
> > the 'generic' vendors. There's a lot of the Lucent Orinoco cards available
> > cheap as well, though some with no WEP or only 40 bit WEP. These are nice
> > because you can get a cable to easily attach an external antenna, for less
> > than $20.
> >
> > For access points, the Lucent RG-1000 has been discontinued, but is still
> > supported and a package of access point and one client card is available
> > from http://www.invictusnetworks.com/itm00005.htm -- I am going to be
> > ordering one of these and will let you know how well it works. They have a
> > good reputation, and ....WILL RUN LINUX!
> >
> > I've dropped this URL before, but I'll do it again here because I think
> > it's appropriate: http://www.bawia.org -- Boston Area Wireless Internet
> > Alliance -- a mailing list and web resource that might help answer some of
> > your 802.11b questions.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, Kent Borg wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, Feb 06, 2002 at 01:32:11PM -0500, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> > > > Does anyone actually have any real opinions on one over the other.
> Both support 128 bit
> > > > encryption IEEE 802.11b compatible.
> > >
> > > Remember, 802.11b WEP security has been broken.  It doesn't matter
> > > what length key you use, the protocol chooses the keys poorly and
> > > there is a free cracking tool out there that cracks WEP (Airsnort?).
> > >
> > > Go ahead and use WEP if you like, but put something secure on top of
> > > it, like SSL or SSH.  There are going to be drive-by-spammers, don't
> > > let them blacken your reputation.
> > >
> > >
> > > -kb, the Kent who hasn't figured out the details of setting up a
> > > secure 802.11b system.
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