Wireless Solution for 12" Powerbooks

Dan Burcaw yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Wed Apr 9 12:17:03 2003


Erik,

Excellent information! Thanks for sharing!

-Dan


On Wed, 2003-04-09 at 11:21, Erik Winkler wrote:
> I have found a workable solution as a substitute until Airport Extreme
> is supported.  The new Linksys Mini-USB adapter works great with the
> latest linux-wlan drivers (0.2.0) and the 2.4.20 kernel source supplied
> with YDL 3.0. Just setup the config files in /etc/wlan and add 
> ifcfg-wlan0 to your /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts directory.  And
> because the Linksys adapter is Prism3 based, tools like kismet and
> airsnort also work very well.
> 
> I am using an Airport basestation with 40-bit WEP enabled and haven't
> noticed any performance issues.
> 
> Erik
> 
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