[GNUz] wireless hooray!

Nick Rout gnuz@inode.co.nz
Wed, 17 May 2006 07:14:12 +1200


On Tue, 16 May 2006 19:02:30 +1200
Rik Tindall <ask@infohelp.co.nz> wrote:

> update:
> 
> Ubuntu-to-Ubuntu wireless link is now working.
> Via hostap, & ndiswrapper (Broadcom 802.11b) on the client.

The Broadcom is now supported in the kernel I believe, although I would
need more details to confirm.

I assume you mean you have set up one machine as an access point using
hostap and connected using the other machine, which has a broadcom
running via ndiswrapper?

on the hostap machine, what is the wireless card?


> 
> So that's Part 1 of next Freenix session ready,
> + FreeBSD 6.1 review..

Do you want to see voyage at one of your meetings? debian wireless AP
out of the box.


> 
> How's the Wok-Wifi mesh going Don?