[lug] Wireless kit?

Tony Dyson the_anorak at worldnet.att.net
Mon Mar 31 06:03:22 MST 2003


Thanks for the warning about the timeout. I'd decided to try an Orinoco 
card for the notebook. With luck, that will compensate for the 
weaknesses of the MA401 used as a transmitter/receiver in the gateway.

Hugh Brown wrote:
> On Sun, 2003-03-23 at 12:14, Tony Dyson wrote:
> 
>>Now that Comcast cable has reached our neighborhood, I'm considering how 
>>best to use it. Netgear's "CG814M Wireless Cable Modem Gateway" is on 
>>their approved list & looks like a reasonable proposition.
>>
>>Googling for info on the "MA401 802.11b Wireless PC Card" produced mixed 
>>reports. Anyone got any recommendations for alternatives that work 'out 
>>of the box' with RH8?
>>
> 
> I bought this exact combo and have been a bit disappointed.  The
> wireless modem is fine except that you can't set the tcp timeout.  So if
> you have the habit of opening a terminal to a remote machine and then
> leaving it idle, it will be dead within .5-1 hrs.
> 
> I saw that the MA401 was supported, but all I could find was an MA401NA
> or something like that.  I have found that under high network load it
> has memory lapses (it forgets its essid).  I have had to get in the
> habit of leaving a root window open so I can type iwconfig eth1 essid
> myessid.
> 
> Rather disappointing in my opinion.




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