[lug] 802.11b wireless

[Robert George Mayer]

"J. Wayde Allen" wrote:
> 
> I'm setting up for a conference and there are hard wired ethernet
> connections in the conference room connected to a dhcd server.  I've also
> got an 802.11b pcmcia wireless card available.  I'm thinking that it
> should be possible to hook this card into the network in order to create a
> wireless segment for my meeting.  I'm just not too certain what I need to
> do to pull this off?
> 
> - Wayde
>   (wallen at lug.boulder.co.us)
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Wayde -

Look at "Setting up an All-Linux Wireless LAN" by Don Marti,
Linux Journal #94, February 2002. He shows how to set up an
old laptop as an access point.  It is only in the dead-tree
version, not online.

- BOB

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