[TriLUG] desktop wireless NIC

[Jim Ray]

looks pretty cool.  me thinks you need a web browser for config.

i'd like to see 'em come out with some cigar pattern antennae one day 
for little point to point apps.

Chris Knowles wrote:

>Just to be different...
>
>I assume you have a network card in your PC already... 
>
>Take a look at the WET11 from Linksys,
>http://www.linksys.com/Products/product.asp?grid=22&prid=432
>
>It allows any wired device to be connected to a wireless network.
>
>The only thing I can find that would mitigate against this is that it
>*might* (we haven't received ours yet) need a windows box for initial
>install.  After that you can configure it using the web interface.
>
>It's how I plan to hook my Xbox and (when/if I get it) TiVo up to the
>network.
>
>CJK
>
>On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 00:56, Jason Tower wrote:
>  
>
>>question for all you wireless folks out there: if you needed to set up a 
>>desktop PC with a wireless connection, would you use a PCI card or USB 
>>adapter?  any particular make/model?  thanks in advance -
>>
>>jason
>>