[lug] Wireless kit?

[Tony Dyson]

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.