[rescue] Solaris WAVElan/Orinoco support

[Al Potter]

wonko at arkham.ws said:
> now, i need an Orinoco card and a nice antenna for it. any suggestions
> on a kick ass omni-direction antenna so i can make a nice base
> station?

A couple of pointers:

- If you're going to layer a VPN on top of the WEP security, are not 
concerned about the security at all, or are confident that the IEEE is going 
to issue an enhancement to the 802.11 spec which offers a fix for the legacy 
equipment, then don't waste money on the "gold" card.  The silvers are 
around for ~$50...

- Orinoco makes an omni that hooks up directly, cost is around $75-80 IIRC.  
Almost any other solution is going to require an adaptor pigtail for the 
connector, which will set you back at least $20 on top of the antenna.  Go 
with the Orinoco.

- Access points are under $200 new, and can be had on ebay cheaper.  I am 
not aware of any free access point software (other than the project to blow 
linux-based firmware into SMC/Addtran APs).  You can do a small network in 
ad-hoc mode, but it does not scale, will almost always dictate putting te 
wireless on its own subnet, etc.



Hope this Helps....


AL