Re: [PLUG] Vaguely from /.: Dell access point runs Linux

[Chris "Magnus" Hedemark <chrish@trilug.org>]

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On Monday, June 9, 2003, at 12:08 PM, gabriel rosenkoetter wrote:

> For those not quite keeping up, this means that you can get that AP,
> and then rebuild the kernel to support whatever you'd like.

Brilliant.  I'm getting at least one.  More if this pans out.

> Getting
> that $80 access point is WAY cheaper than pressing an extra PC
> running Linux into service with a PCI wireless ethernet card (the
> wifi card alone could be more expensive than this AP).

The PC is overkill, too.

> Can't quite tell from the press photos whether or not this one has a
> replaceable antenna. But the hopeless GPL wanking's about a similar
> product from Linksys which I believe does have a replaceable antenna,
> so if the outcome there is equally amicable...

I'll have to disagree about the hope for an outcome on the GPL issue (I 
think Linksys is obligated to live up to the terms of the GPL, and hope 
that those who have bought this hardware are relentless in pursuing it).

But I do hope that the Dell antenna is easily replaceable.  If 
everything fits with this unit, this could be the holy grail I've been 
after.

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Chris "Magnus" Hedemark
UNIX / Linux / BSD / Mac OS X / Windows consulting available.  No job 
too small!
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