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I have a Redhat 9 Linux comp and Im a . How hard is it to configure a wireless/wire bases network router to my Linux Comp? Im running hard wire to it? The router has both wire and wireless.(If that makes ne sense plese reply)
Last edited by SnowSurfAir; 06-27-2003 at 12:05 AM.
Not hard at all depending on what wireless card you purchase. Some are more of a hassle than others.
I use a Netgear MA401RA. It works but required a few quick hacks. Nothing to write home about though.
Here is our house network. Generic Surfboard modem to a D-Link Costco special wireless router. 2 XP boxes and a Win 98 box box plugged in and me on RH 8.0 laptop.
Wireless was never easier for me than with RH 9.0. I suggest a couple of things:
Grab the latest orinoco_cs driver from David Gibson's site, which is now 0.13e.
Use the orinoco_cs driver for either ORiNOCO or Prism cards.
Using "neat," the RH tool for network configuration, the entering of wireless parameters is quite straight-forward. If you want to manually enter things like WEP and ESSID, edit /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ethx where x is the number of your adapter.
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. How hard is it to configure a wireless/wire bases network router to my Linux Comp? Im running hard wire to it? The router has both wire and wireless.(If that makes ne sense plese reply)
