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Duck-Billed Platypus
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 Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2004 3:18 am Post subject: wireless.. |
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with wireless in linux.. do you still need to know the ip address of the router and stuff like that.. how does it work?
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CompNerd
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Yes, you need that information. However, if you have a dhcp server, then you can setup the client to automatically recieve that information. The setup is similar to how it is done in Windows minus the fact that there is no gui for the most part (atleast in Gentoo afaik). You can configure static ip information in /etc/conf.d/net.ethx where x is the device number. For the dhcp server you can also set it up in there.
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nielchiano
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| Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2004 4:09 pm Post subject: Re: wireless.. |
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| Duck-Billed Platypus wrote: | | with wireless in linux.. do you still need to know the ip address of the router and stuff like that.. how does it work? |
CompNerd is absolutely right, some extra info:
The difference between wire and wireless is just that (from the computer point of view). The wire-cards put some voltages on a cable, the wireless cards generate some electromagnetic waves.
There is realy no difference between them on layer 3 or higher (IP and HTTP and ...). The only minor difference is at layer 2 (ethernet collisions, MAC addresses etc) ; and a BIG difference in layer 1 (electricaly vs EM) |
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