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

[Ian Sterling]

I have to agree with Patrick, I've got a WRT54GL and I've had very  
little trouble with my DD-WRT installation.

--Ian...

On Oct 8, 2009, at 10:24, Patrick Bennett <stnick at bennettbungalow.com>  
wrote:

> 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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