Indeed, 802.11 in the home rocks. As I write this, I'm in the dining room downstairs; I just carried my SonyVaioJammer down here; it talks to the AlwaysOnInternet thru another box here in OPKSNet.
GSM and IRDA also rock. getting critical connecting gate info was a high point.
23Oct2004: filling out rebate forms. rebate status. Microcenter: D-Link DWL-G520 SKU 414334 $27.99 after $20 rebate. UPACode 790069250736 Madwifi Supported Hardware... praised it in advogato diary.
6Jul2004: lightning struck last night and screwed up OPKSNet, including my wireless router. Hmm... want one: linksys WRT54GS, as discussed 27 May by Cringely. Got one. Microcenter barcode: 25835057ap. UPACode: 745883559183. Got a 10/100 hub (UPACode 603992504848) while I was at it; of course, now I don't need it, since there's new HP software that doesn't have the wireless bug.
OpenWRT looks interesting; DV was hoping to give it a look; I wonder if he has yet.
17Jun2004 Blue Valley sun article notes 200 nearby hotspots.
21Jan2003: upgraded firmware in this Hawking Technology WR254S to Version 4.73 Released October 25, 2002. hmm... perhaps better in WirelessNetworkingUpsAndDowns.
13Dec: Setting up the new printer for wireless access from mmac isn't working in MajoStudio?. Broke out an old hub to go wired for a while. 1Jan2004: But that affects the balance of ConfidentialityVersusAvailability: my rsync backups now take 10x as long. A 10/100 hub or switch would help. (hmm... refactor? PaperlessOffice, OPKSNet). yahoo shopping... Compaq 10/100 Fast Ethernet 5-Port Switch Auto Sensing P/N# 243654-001 $6.99+7.50s/h=14.49. Hmm... perhaps ask HP support why the mac can see the printer on the same ethernet segment but not when going thru the access point accross a wireless link before buying.
nifty:
Liam says: "I find that on Linux I have to do sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_time=300 to stop the router from dropping otherwise inactive connections,but this is a common problem with these devices, it seems."
- DebianPackage:airsnort
- couldn't get it working (Aug 2002).
- DebianPackage:korinoco
- worked great, 1st time.
- DebianPackage:kismet
- gotta try it out. kismet home
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