More on wireless networking under Linux

In a previous thread on this subject, Bob Tennent gave a very useful
piece of advice:

> Another approach is to get this kind of device:
>
> http://www.asus.com/products/communi...0/overview.htm
>
> Because it plugs into an ethernet port, you don't have to worry about
> drivers. And the device can also be used as an access point, so maybe
> you can get a deal if you buy several of them.

Is this something that can be plugged in to both hub and PC? Ideally,
what I'd like to do is the following:

1) Plug a WL-330 into the standard NIC in my PC.

2) Plug another WL-330 into one of the ports of my hub.

With this, would my PC communicate wireless with my hub? That is; would,
for all practical purposes, this allow me to successfully connect my PC to
my hub wirelessly. Forget about that issue of transmitting in the clear;
I'd deal with that afterwards.

On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 16:36:26 GMT, Augustus SFX van Dusen wrote:

>> http://www.asus.com/products/communi...0/overview.htm
>>
>> Because it plugs into an ethernet port, you don't have to worry about
>> drivers. And the device can also be used as an access point, so maybe
>> you can get a deal if you buy several of them.
>
> Is this something that can be plugged in to both hub and PC? Ideally,
> what I'd like to do is the following:
>
> 1) Plug a WL-330 into the standard NIC in my PC.
>
> 2) Plug another WL-330 into one of the ports of my hub.
>
> With this, would my PC communicate wireless with my hub? That is; would,
> for all practical purposes, this allow me to successfully connect my PC to
> my hub wirelessly.

Yes. Of course, some minor configuration will be needed at both ends.
But you will *not* have to find/compile/install/configure wireless
drivers!

Bob T.

On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 22:00:18 +0000, Bob Tennent wrote:

> On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 16:36:26 GMT, Augustus SFX van Dusen wrote:
>
> >> http://www.asus.com/products/communi...0/overview.htm
> >>
> >> Because it plugs into an ethernet port, you don't have to worry about
> >> drivers. And the device can also be used as an access point, so maybe
> >> you can get a deal if you buy several of them.
> >
> > Is this something that can be plugged in to both hub and PC? Ideally,
> > what I'd like to do is the following:
> >
> > 1) Plug a WL-330 into the standard NIC in my PC.
> >
> > 2) Plug another WL-330 into one of the ports of my hub.
> >
> > With this, would my PC communicate wireless with my hub? That is; would,
> > for all practical purposes, this allow me to successfully connect my PC to
> > my hub wirelessly.
>
> Yes. Of course, some minor configuration will be needed at both ends.
> But you will *not* have to find/compile/install/configure wireless
> drivers!

Thanks so much. I think this is exactly what I require: I will be moving
just one PC, and I have no need (or desire) to go wireless with the others.

Bob Tennent <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 16:36:26 GMT, Augustus SFX van Dusen wrote:
>
> >> http://www.asus.com/products/communi...0/overview.htm
> >>
> >> Because it plugs into an ethernet port, you don't have to worry about
> >> drivers. And the device can also be used as an access point, so maybe
> >> you can get a deal if you buy several of them.
> >
> > Is this something that can be plugged in to both hub and PC? Ideally,
> > what I'd like to do is the following:
> >
> > 1) Plug a WL-330 into the standard NIC in my PC.
> >
> > 2) Plug another WL-330 into one of the ports of my hub.
> >
> > With this, would my PC communicate wireless with my hub? That is; would,
> > for all practical purposes, this allow me to successfully connect my PC to
> > my hub wirelessly.
>
> Yes. Of course, some minor configuration will be needed at both ends.
> But you will *not* have to find/compile/install/configure wireless
> drivers!

Won't he need a crossover cable to connect to the hub since the
hub and AP will both use the same pinout on the cable? Or do these
devices automagically sense whether they are being used as a hub or
computer and adjust their pinout accordingly?

Or perhaps his hub has a connector wired like a computer and that
would work unless he's using it to connect to another hub or the
Internet.

-hank

On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 00:33:01 GMT, Hank Barta wrote:

>> >> http://www.asus.com/products/communi...0/overview.htm
>> >>
>> >> Because it plugs into an ethernet port, you don't have to worry about
>> >> drivers. And the device can also be used as an access point, so maybe
>> >> you can get a deal if you buy several of them.
>> >
>> > Is this something that can be plugged in to both hub and PC?
>>
>> Yes. Of course, some minor configuration will be needed at both ends.
>
> Won't he need a crossover cable to connect to the hub since the
> hub and AP will both use the same pinout on the cable?

The device will plug into a hub in AP mode and to a computer in adapter
mode. It has a switch to change mode.

Bob T.