networking linux with microsoft, is it easy?

[Janina Sajka]

Don't do the hit and miss approach on wireless cards. Instead, consult
the on line Wireless docs for what cards work. You can look at
http://www.tldp.org and you can also look in the /usr/src/linux
directory for supported devices.

Let's start with how the card connects to the computer. Are we talking
PCI or PCMCIA, for example?

cris writes:
> From: "cris" <filastin48 at hotmail.com>
> 
> Hi again folks,
> There is a misunderstanding here.  I need to make the connection in my
> office.  My office is not wired, the only connection to the internet in my
> office is wireless.  I have two computers there, the first is using the
> windows operating system.  It has a wireless card and through it I can
> access the internet just fine.  The second computer is a linux box using
> fedora.  I already tried four different wireless cards on it, and got
> nowhere.  I simply could not find any linux drivers for any of them.  I
> would like to access the internet with the linux fedora box I have in my
> office, instead of using the windows computer.  Now, since the only access I
> have to the internet is through windows. I want to try to network the linux
> box to the windows system for the sole purpose of accessing the internet.
> Is this possible.  I got a network router lying around at home.  I thought
> if i take it to the office and link the two computers together, I may be
> able to access the internet with my linux box, through the wireless
> connection I have working on the machine using windows.  I hope this is
> clearer now.
> By the way, Janina, What wireless card are you using?
> Cheers,
> Cris
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dawes, Stephen" <Stephen.Dawes at calgary.ca>
> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 4:26 PM
> Subject: RE: networking linux with microsoft, is it easy?
> 
> 
> Ok, Janina,
> 
> You wax a little more poetically then I do, but are you not confirming
> what I suggested earlier?
> Steve Dawes
> Phone: (403) 268-5527
> Email: SDawes at calgary.ca
> 
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Janina Sajka
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Phone: (202) 408-8175

Director, Technology Research and Development
American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
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Chair, Accessibility Work Group
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