AW: PCI NIC with external antenna

[Karl Rothenhofer]

I had the same question some weeks ago. I decided to buy the Allnet ALL0191
and made good experience with it.  Regards

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> Von: hostap-bounces+karl.rothenhoefer=t-online.de at shmoo.com
> [mailto:hostap-bounces+karl.rothenhoefer=t-online.de at shmoo.com]Im
> Auftrag von Lasse Riis
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 15. September 2004 14:14
> An: hostap at shmoo.com
> Betreff: PCI NIC with external antenna
>
>
> Hi
>
> Now my wireless NIC in my thinkpad is finally running, so now
> I need an AP at
> home. But for people like me, standard APs are not good
> enough. :) As I
> already have a server (PII 350 MHz) I think adding a wireless
> PCI NIC with an
> external antenna would be a better idea. However I can't seem
> to find any
> complete list of cards that actually work in host AP mode.
> I've been looking at the "D-Link AirPro DWL-AB520" but I
> can't seem to confirm
> whether it actually works in host AP mode. So my question
> basically is: Will
> the D-link card work, and/or could you recommend other cards
> that have these
> properties.
>
> Also, I'd like to hear from people who have some sort of VPN
> running on their
> Linux boxen running in host AP mode. Links, tutorials the works
>
> Lasse Riis
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