[ILUG] Wireless ethernet

[Stephen_Reilly at dell.com]

John,
	There is a wireless-tools package shipped with RedHat. It contains
configuration utilities for wireless ethernet. These three are supported :
				AT&T GIS / NCR WaveLAN version 2.0 
				DEC RoamAbout/DS 
				Xircom CreditCard Netwave 
and you can buy a: Lucent Wireless ethernet $200 
802.11 DS wireless ethernet for the BlackPerl Z, Kiwi, Orca, or SilverComet 
hot-swappable 
64-bit encripted transmissions (WEP) 
11 Mbps speed 
up to 500 foot transmission 
N cards can talk without a base station. 
link LEDs indicate connection state, here:
http://www.emperorlinux.com/acc_network.html this site may help too
http://www.astro.umd.edu/~teuben/linux/wireless.html

steve

-----Original Message-----
From: Will [mailto:wmernagh at ee-mail.cit.ie]
Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 10:14 AM
To: John McDonnell
Cc: Irish Linux Users' Group
Subject: Re: [ILUG] Wireless ethernet


I have done nothing myself but there are projects started in my class using
Bluetooth for that purose. I can let you know how they get on if you remind
me
around feb/mar 01.

John McDonnell wrote:

> Morning folks,
> anyone here done anything with wireless ethernet?
> I'm looking for something that will work with Linux (obviously enough) and
> is readily available.
>
> johnmc.