I've had no luck with getting a wireless card to work. Before I go buy another card, I wanted to see if there is a way I could do this instead. I've got a second wireless router that I'm not using right now. So I would like to find out if there is a way I can make this work. I was thinking about connecting the second wireless router to my pc through the ethernet port, and let the router be my wireless connection instead of a wireless card. Now, is there a way I can get the second router to talk wirelessly to the router that's connected to my broadband modem, and surf the web and everything else that way? Any help would be appreciated. Jim
Jimmy Bradley wrote:
I've had no luck with getting a wireless card to work. Before I gobuy another card, I wanted to see if there is a way I could do this instead. I've got a second wireless router that I'm not using right now. So I would like to find out if there is a way I can make this work. I was thinking about connecting the second wireless router to my pc through the ethernet port, and let the router be my wireless connection instead of a wireless card. Now, is there a way I can get the second router to talk wirelessly to the router that's connected to my broadband modem, and surf the web and everything else that way? Any help would be appreciated. Jim
If both wireless routers/access points support Wireless Distribution System or WDS then this should not be an issue. Most routers nowadays support this feature.
Jimmy Bradley wrote:
I've had no luck with getting a wireless card to work. Before I gobuy another card, I wanted to see if there is a way I could do this instead. I've got a second wireless router that I'm not using right now. So I would like to find out if there is a way I can make this work. I was thinking about connecting the second wireless router to my pc through the ethernet port, and let the router be my wireless connection instead of a wireless card. Now, is there a way I can get the second router to talk wirelessly to the router that's connected to my broadband modem, and surf the web and everything else that way? Any help would be appreciated. Jim
You're not going to get much help without better info than that!
Use google to see if you can find a solution. See what questions others ask and what people who might help need.
Get back after you've done this, if you don't find a solution, and provide us with the info we need. Past posts by JS will be helpful here:-)
Basically, what I'm trying to do, is to use a wireless router to do what I would normally do with a wireless pci card. I have no problem getting the wired ethernet card to work, it's a wireless card I can't get to work. It's the same problem with all the wireless cards I've tried, drivers. The router on the other hand doesn't need a driver. My DSL connection is upstairs in the office where I have a wireless/wired router connected to the modem. The two machines in the office use two of the wired ports in the router. The machine that is located downstairs in the den is the one that I'm trying to get a wireless internet connection to work on. Since I couldn't get a wireless card to work, I thought I'd try using a wireless router instead. What I was trying to find out is if I was going to have to go inside the router(not physically) and set up certian parameters so that it will communicate properly with the router that is upstairs? I thought I made what I was trying to do pretty clear the first time, but you wanted more info, so here it is. Thanks Jim On Tue, 2007-01-23 at 07:29 +0900, John Summerfield wrote:
Jimmy Bradley wrote:
I've had no luck with getting a wireless card to work. Before I gobuy another card, I wanted to see if there is a way I could do this instead. I've got a second wireless router that I'm not using right now. So I would like to find out if there is a way I can make this work. I was thinking about connecting the second wireless router to my pc through the ethernet port, and let the router be my wireless connection instead of a wireless card. Now, is there a way I can get the second router to talk wirelessly to the router that's connected to my broadband modem, and surf the web and everything else that way? Any help would be appreciated. Jim
You're not going to get much help without better info than that!
Use google to see if you can find a solution. See what questions others ask and what people who might help need.
Get back after you've done this, if you don't find a solution, and provide us with the info we need. Past posts by JS will be helpful here:-)
Jimmy Bradley wrote:
Basically, what I'm trying to do, is to use a wireless router todo what I would normally do with a wireless pci card.
you want a wireless ACCESS point (WAP) configured to be in CLIENT mode.
in that mode, it acts as a wireless -> ethernet bridge.
this functionality is generally missing from the prevalent integrated all-in-one wireless 'routers'
OK, that being the case, can some one recommend a pci wireless card that they know will work with cent os 4.4? Thanks Jim On Mon, 2007-01-22 at 17:08 -0800, John R Pierce wrote:
Jimmy Bradley wrote:
Basically, what I'm trying to do, is to use a wireless router todo what I would normally do with a wireless pci card.
you want a wireless ACCESS point (WAP) configured to be in CLIENT mode.
in that mode, it acts as a wireless -> ethernet bridge.
this functionality is generally missing from the prevalent integrated all-in-one wireless 'routers'
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Jimmy Bradley wrote:
OK, that being the case, can some one recommend a pci wirelesscard that they know will work with cent os 4.4?
oh, there's another category of device you can use for what you described, the so-called 'game' adapters which are wifi to ethernet.
for instance, Linksys WGA-54G http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Product_C2&childpagename=US... these are $50 on ebay.
Man, I sure do appreciate that. It's exactly what I need. Personally, due to the spotty support there is for wireless adapters for linux, it seem to me that this would be the way to go, rather than having to go on a search and find mission for a wireless card that will work. I was just trying to see if there was a way to use what I already had on hand. I have a second wireless router that I'm not using, so I wanted to see if there was a way to make that work. Anyway, Thanks a lot. Jim
On Mon, 2007-01-22 at 21:15 -0800, John R Pierce wrote:
On 23/01/07, Jimmy Bradley bmobile40@bellsouth.net wrote:
Personally, due to the spotty support there is for wireless adapters for linux, it seem to me that this would be the way to go, rather than
I would second LinksysWGA-54G
had on hand. I have a second wireless router that I'm not using, so I wanted to see if there was a way to make that work.
Which make and model?
It's a Dlink DI-514 B router, same as the one I'm currently using. I acquired it somewhere along the line, hardware swap or something like that. It's already configured to work with my dsl modem, so if my current router should die, all I have to do hook the other one up, and I'm ready to go. Jim On Tue, 2007-01-23 at 11:50 +0530, Sudev Barar wrote:
On 23/01/07, Jimmy Bradley bmobile40@bellsouth.net wrote:
Personally, due to the spotty support there is for wireless adapters for linux, it seem to me that this would be the way to go, rather than
I would second LinksysWGA-54G
had on hand. I have a second wireless router that I'm not using, so I wanted to see if there was a way to make that work.
Which make and model?
TO get this router to work you going to need to flash a new firmware on it. Most routers do not support a bridge mode. Check DD-WRT to see if you have a compatible router you can flash DD-WRT too.
http://www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/index.php
It's a Dlink DI-514 B router, same as the one I'm currently using.I acquired it somewhere along the line, hardware swap or something like that. It's already configured to work with my dsl modem, so if my current router should die, all I have to do hook the other one up, and I'm ready to go. Jim On Tue, 2007-01-23 at 11:50 +0530, Sudev Barar wrote:
On 23/01/07, Jimmy Bradley bmobile40@bellsouth.net wrote:
Personally, due to the spotty support there is for wireless adapters
for
linux, it seem to me that this would be the way to go, rather than
I would second LinksysWGA-54G
had on hand. I have a second wireless router that I'm not using, so I wanted to see if there was a way to make that work.
Which make and model?
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I would also recommend a linksys router wireless can be a real pain to setup but make sure you get the wrt54 GL The reason is it runs DD-WRT or Tomato or someother 3rd party firmware. turns these little routers into really powerful linux routers.
check out this link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WRT54G
it has all the info to put you on the right path.
If you don't like the router way or installing on a laptop you might have to go with ndswrapper to get a card to work this link should explain a lot about ndswrapper
http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/
Hope that helps you out.
Brent
On 23/01/07, Jimmy Bradley bmobile40@bellsouth.net wrote:
Personally, due to the spotty support there is for wireless adapters for linux, it seem to me that this would be the way to go, rather than
I would second LinksysWGA-54G
had on hand. I have a second wireless router that I'm not using, so I wanted to see if there was a way to make that work.
Which make and model?
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On Tue, Jan 23, 2007 at 08:31:54AM -0800, Brent wrote:
I would also recommend a linksys router wireless can be a real pain to setup but make sure you get the wrt54 GL The reason is it runs DD-WRT or Tomato or someother 3rd party firmware. turns these little routers into really powerful linux routers.
check out this link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WRT54G
I'm installing Linux on a WRTSL54GS right now. Wonderful little router. About twice the ram most others have (32MB).
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Jimmy Bradley wrote:
OK, that being the case, can some one recommend a pci wirelesscard that they know will work with cent os 4.4?
There's just been a discussion regarding pcmcia cards for linux; much of the same applies to pci too.
One thing that works extremely well is an ethernet-wireles bridge - it might be called a gaming adaptor, or similar. Plugs into your network card & does the wireless thing. No driver required.
Brand and model information isn't very useful, vendors change the chipset in a given model without notice, and that can mean no support.
Atheros-based cards work fine, but you need to either build the driver yourself (easy), or download the drivers separately. It won't be part of CentOS.
Thanks Jim On Mon, 2007-01-22 at 17:08 -0800, John R Pierce wrote:
Jimmy Bradley wrote:
Basically, what I'm trying to do, is to use a wireless router todo what I would normally do with a wireless pci card.
you want a wireless ACCESS point (WAP) configured to be in CLIENT mode.
in that mode, it acts as a wireless -> ethernet bridge.
this functionality is generally missing from the prevalent integrated all-in-one wireless 'routers'
CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
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