wireless client
Smith, Albert
Albert.Smith at genexservices.com
Thu Aug 18 20:50:37 UTC 2005
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> [mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Bill Tangren
> Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 4:21 PM
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> Subject: wireless client
>
> I have an 802.11g (linksys WRT54G) router running here at
> work. Until today, everyone who has wi-fi nics here run
> either Windoze or Mac OS, and I know how to get those OS's to
> talk to the router. [They give me their MAC address, and I
> give them the password.]
>
> However, today a visiting professor shows up with a laptop
> running Linux, and he wants to connect to the LAN. As I have
> never had any Linux computers on which to practice setting up
> wi-fi clients, could someone point me to references I could
> read on what programs on his Linux box will allow him to
> connect to my wi-fi router?
>
> I have googled, with no luck. All I have come up with was how
> to set up a LAN using Linux. I have tried man -k too, but
> that hasn't helped, and isn't likely to, seeing as none of my
> boxes here have wi-fi nic cards in them.
>
> TIA,
> Bill Tangren
>
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You can also check:
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/sysadmin-gui
de/s1-network-config-wireless.html
Albert Smith
Sr. Unix Systems Administrator
HPCSA, RHCT
Genex Services
440 E. Swedesford Rd.
Wayne, PA 19087
albert.smith at genexservices.com
(610) 964-5154
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