[MLB-WIRELESS] Newbie question

[Simon Hall]

Tony, getting a laptop with a broken screen.  Right! I have asked, begged,
pleaded with many people... To  no avail.  I did ask this question the other
week and also have a Wiki page about my idea of a notebook AP.
http://www.wireless.org.au/wiki/?SimonHall

Soooo if anyone has one please please let me know.

Thanks

-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Langdon [mailto:tlangdon at atctraining.com.au]
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 1:10 PM
To: 'Drew'; melbwireless at wireless.org.au
Subject: RE: [MLB-WIRELESS] Newbie question


> you can get the same cards for $132 from michael borthwick
> (sp?) if he
> still has any
> pigtails for $40
> antenna for free off someone's roof (galaxy)
> if you use an old 486 laptop you dont need a pcmcia adapter,
> most people
> could get one of these free somewhere

This sounds more realistic.  The main cost items are the cards, pigtails amd
coax. :)

I've now got a laptop.  If you're going to run Linux on it, get a laptop
with a broken screen.  Someone will throw one at you, and you can hook up a
monitor if you need console access (or just setup a serial console or use
SSH :) ).

Actually, I now prefer Linux on a laptop to Windows.  My copy of Red Hat 6.2
(yeah, I know, old, but I need it for other software) just about fell onto
the laptop, only config for the PCMCIA Ethernet card I had to do was tell it
the IP address to use. :)  The other slot has been earmarked for wireless.
:-)

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