[CVALE] Getting my Ubuntu Box out of the kitchen.

[Patrick Bennett]

I'm not up on which wireless nics work and which don't, however I've had 
really good luck with Ubuntu "just working" when it comes to wireless, 
if not with the "free" drivers, then with the "non-free" ones. Is the 
version of ubuntu on this box recent?

As an alternative, you could use a wireless bridge, which is to say a 
wireless-router-like piece of hardware that "converts" your ethernet nic 
to a wireless nic by plugging into your wired nic and "bridging" it to 
the wireless network. You could roll your own with a WRT54GL or Buffalo 
router flashed with DD-WRT or you could try to find one specifically 
labeled as a bridge (or having "bridge mode" - some of them are 
switchable between router, bridge, and other modes) at your local shop 
or online vendor.

Navigating the compatibility charts of DD-WRT can be complicated.... I'd 
stick with the Buffalo G series routers or with the Linksys WRT54GL 
(that L at the end is important - you'll probably have to special order 
this one) to make your life simple.

-Patrick


Landon Blake wrote:
>
> The house my wife and I bought last June only has two (2) phone jacks. 
> There is one phone jack in the kitchen and one phone jack in the 
> master bedroom. (There is no phone jack in the office.) There was no 
> way my wife was letting me keep a computer in the bedroom, so it’s 
> been in the kitchen for about 6 months. My other computer runs MS 
> Windows XP, and it connects to the internet via wireless router from 
> the office.
>
> I’m finally sick of seeing the Ubuntu box in the kitchen, so I’ve got 
> to find a way to get it connected to the net while in the office, 
> without installing another phone jack/phone line. Here is my network 
> set-up:
>
> Ubuntu Box Ethernet Controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-BO 
> 100Base-TC (Rev-02)
>
> Ubuntu Box Wireless Network Controller: Ralink RT2561/RT61 802.11G PCI
>
> Wireless Router: Linksys WRT54G
>
> I’m currently using WICD to connect to the wired internet on the 
> broadband box.
>
> Any suggestions on how I get the Ubuntu box to work with the wireless 
> router? I haven’t been able to get it properly connected to the 
> wireless router with the Ralink network card. Is there another 
> affordable card that we know is supported by Ubuntu and would play 
> well with my Linksys router?
>
> As an alternative to going the wireless route with my Ubuntu box, I’ve 
> got a wired Linksys Router that I am not using. How hard would it be 
> to connect my Ubuntu box to the Windows XP Box via the wired router 
> and connect to the internet through its wireless connection?
>
> I must warn you that I know just enough about networking to be really 
> dangerous.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions.
>
> Landon
>
>
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