Fedora Users — Re: Problems With Atheros Based Wireless Cards

Hi, I'm not sure how the others compare, but I can asure you that this is a great device. I believe it choses the network to connect to out of the box by chosing the closest one...of course, the web interface can be used to manually chose the network...and the manual that came with the device I can assure you is many more pages then just 2. And it's not that big of a deal to haul around, the attenas can be turned in a position that's good for luggage and the device is very light and isn't that big at all. I could easily fit the device in a breif case along with a laptop. And IMO a wireless bridge is a great purchase because it means no having to hassle with wireless drivers, especially since most computers now a days come with a NIC and Linux tends to be very good at detecting and properly utilizing todays and older NICs as well. I personally found it to be a great relief to be able to just plug the wireless bridge into my computers NIC, boot Linux and be on my way surfing the internet without having to deal with the hassle of setting up a wireless adapter. Plus, with a wireless bridge you can use it along with a router to share the wireless internet connection amoung a group of computers (this has come in great use for sharing my internet connection with my desktop PC and HP NetServer). All and all a great purchase, saves a lot of hassle for very little money.

On 3/29/06, Gerry Tool <gstool@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hex Star wrote:
> Try a wireless bridge, it's affordable and with a wireless bridge, as
> long as you have a working ethernet card that works under linux (and
> it should automatically in most cases) you can access your wireless
> network since a wireless bridge connects through your ethernet card
> and does all the wireless communications for you (and the one I'm
> going to link to I've used with linux and it works great, should work
> out of the box...but don't worry, if your network has a setup like
> static IPs the device has a web based administration interface for
> configurating such setups and a comprehensive manual to boot), here's
> the wireless bridge I recommend getting:
> http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=50556000&pfp=srch1
> <http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=50556000&pfp=srch1>
I looked at your link, and looked at the setup information on the Belkin
site - I could only find a 2 page document.  I see it has a web
interface to set it up for a protected network.   Suppose I take it to
another location.  How does it find existing networks and connect to them?

I found other devices by SMC and Linksys.  Do you have any information
about how they all compare?

Hauling this device around seems a bit more trouble than a Cardbus
card.  Any comments?

Thanks.  Gerry

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