From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 6 00:43:25 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0449E16A4CE for ; Wed, 6 Oct 2004 00:43:25 +0000 (GMT) Received: from creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (creme-brulee.marcuscom.com [24.172.16.118]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8840043D55 for ; Wed, 6 Oct 2004 00:43:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) Received: from [192.168.1.4] (shumai.marcuscom.com [192.168.1.4]) i960hGCA009933; Tue, 5 Oct 2004 20:43:17 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) From: Joe Marcus Clarke To: Blain Gatterdam In-Reply-To: <200410052102.i95L2D6X013215@pop-1.dnv.wideopenwest.com> References: <200410052102.i95L2D6X013215@pop-1.dnv.wideopenwest.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-XvQ+/qapWv/mGF8RjGGq" Organization: MarcusCom, Inc. Message-Id: <1097023399.79913.17.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2004 20:43:19 -0400 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.64 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.64 (2004-01-11) on creme-brulee.marcuscom.com cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wireless linksys-b usb adapter or pci card.. X-BeenThere: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: GNOME for FreeBSD -- porting and maintaining List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2004 00:43:25 -0000 --=-XvQ+/qapWv/mGF8RjGGq Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 2004-10-05 at 16:41, Blain Gatterdam wrote: > Hello, >=20 > =20 >=20 > Let's first start off by saying that I am I 15 year old "newbie" to UNIX.= I > grew up with Microsoft Windows, so this is a little different for me. My > uncle set me up with gnome bsd not to long ago, before that I had KDE 3.1 > (*never knew how to use that either*). The purpose of this machine is to = run > 24X7 as a host web server. Hmmm, usually you don't run desktop software on a webserver (for extra security, and for resource reasons), but it's certainly doable. > I want user to remotely connect to my machine > with other programs such as putty.exe. > But my uncle is familiar with this > enough to help me there, I just need connected. I would prefer to be hook= ed > up "wirelessly", but I don't know what gnome is compatible with. I use a > LINKSYS USB-B (*wusb11*) on my "Microsoft machine", can I buy another > adaptor for freebsd or gnome? It can be the usb one or the PCI type. I ju= st > need a little help getting this bad boy connected to the internet. First, GNOME is simply a desktop. It's a piece of software similar to Explorer, the Start Menu, and the Taskbar in Windows. It doesn't care what type of network adapter you use. The only thing that would care are the various network applets, and all of them support all the various network cards, both wired and wireless, in FreeBSD. Second, it really depends on your version of FreeBSD as to which wireless cards will work for you. If you're using 5.2.1, 5.3-BETA, or -CURRENT, you can make use of "Project Evil" which allows FreeBSD to use Windows XP network drivers. This means that virtually any wireless network adapter will work (except USB). If you're using FreeBSD 4.X, your choices are pretty limited. The Cisco wireless cards work quite well, but are also very expensive. USB wireless is more or less out of the question in 4.X. Your best bet is to read the man page for wi(4) (``man wi''), and look at the list of supported cards (only 802.11b is supported). Your best bet is probably the Dlink DWL520 or the Linksys WDT11. Really, this question belongs on freebsd-questions@, and you might consider editing it a bit, and reposting. Other users might have better PCI wireless suggestions. Joe >=20 > =20 >=20 >=20 > Any help will be appreciated, thanks, >=20 > =20 > Blain >=20 > =20 >=20 > Asus A7N8X Deluxe >=20 > AMD AthlonR XP 2500+ 1.8Ghz >=20 > 256MB 333Mhz DDR >=20 > 80Gb Western Digital Caviar Drive >=20 > Geforce 2 MX400 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-gnome > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-gnome-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-XvQ+/qapWv/mGF8RjGGq Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBBYz+nb2iPiv4Uz4cRArBOAJ9vhSvEfddBCFx1B+G5N+QEw+/PSwCdHrX9 4atxNA/DGfvt1vzEcn+dfHw= =g+e7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-XvQ+/qapWv/mGF8RjGGq--