Re: reliable wireless router

From: Fielder George Dowding <fgdowding@iceworm-enterprises.net>
Date: Sat Jan 14 2006 - 21:56:12 AKST

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Ha! I had it with me. I'll drop it off if I remember, and if not, I'll
bring it next Friday. fgd.

Jim Gribbin wrote:
> Why don't you bring it along tonight, I'd like to give it a try. Last
> time I remember playing with on of those was pre-ndiswrapper.
>
> Jim
>
> On Fri, 2006-01-13 at 02:25 -0900, Fielder George Dowding wrote:
>
> Thanks for the reply, Piet. I just came across a D-Link Air Plus
> DWL-650+ CardBus that I purchased a couple of years ago. I have never
> gotten it to work. It is yours if you would like it. fgd.
>
> Piet van Weel wrote:
>
>>Wow!! One thing to clear the air with... :)
>>The only thing I use IE for on the Windows side of the machine is for
>>doing updates...
>
>>For everything else there's FIREFOX!!
>
>>As for accessing the DI-604 and the Belkin... I've used both the Linux
>>and Windows to set them up and at any time on ANY machine I own I can
>>bring up either device. (Right now there are 5 computers on my personal
>>network, two dual booting workstations, one server, and the kids
>>microsoft windows gaming machine.)
>
>>(BTW I haven't run across any devices recently that can't be equally
>>accessed from FIREFOX and ie.)
>
>>Piet
>
>>Fielder George Dowding wrote:
>
>
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>>>Yes, YMMV. OTOH, any thingy (generic term) that _requires_ IE or some
>>>other Windows feature (bug) to access its administrative interface gets
>>>an automatic _SUX_ grade from me. To be perfectly clear, if I can't use
>>>Firefox on a Linux box to set it up, _SUX_!
>
>>>That was my experience with the two D-Link wireless thingies. So, a
>>>DI-604 router in a Windows environment may be just ducky. I have no
>>>experience with the beastie however.
>
>>>Query: What browser and operating system did you use to set it up, Piet?
>
>>>fgd.
snip!
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