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jkoder is offline jkoder
2008-04-03 , 11:37
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Hello,

I have a bit of a problem. I want to develop programs for my N800 but I don't have WIFI in my apartment. I use a cable modem. I have a PC with Fedora/XP installed and could easily set up connection sharing using ICS on Windows and add a wireless USB adapter to turn my box into an access point that my N800 could use for a connection but I must develop on Linux and this is where the problems start.

I have searched the net and found that it is possible to do something similar on Linux, add a card/adapter and with the right software turn Linux into an access point. The support for adapters is pretty poor on Linux from what I can see. I was hoping things would be more simple and less constrained though.

Is there an easy way?

Does anyone else have a similar situation and if so do you have a tried an tested way for success? Which wifi adaptor and software did you use?
 
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2008-04-03 , 12:06
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Spend $20 on an AP?
You can get one with a built-in switch and put it between the PC & modem.
 

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2008-04-03 , 12:08
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Or...do what you want and stay on XP. Develop with the VMware virtual machine image on garage and use the free VMware player. THe best of both worlds (if there's a best in XP).
 
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2008-04-03 , 12:33
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Spend $20 on an AP?
You can get one with a built-in switch and put it between the PC & modem.
I can't use an access point. The cable modem only has one ethernet port which is currently connected to my PC.

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Or...do what you want and stay on XP. Develop with the VMware virtual machine image on garage and use the free VMware player. THe best of both worlds (if there's a best in XP).
I don't think I can use an image because I need to install Eclipse, add Pluthon and then develop. I would think the image would only let me work with the existing files/programs contained within it.
 
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2008-04-03 , 13:00
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[QUOTE=jkoder;164435]I can't use an access point. The cable modem only has one ethernet port which is currently connected to my PC.


You need to unplug the ethernet cable from the back of your PC, then plug it into the WAN input on the back of the access point, then plug another Cat 5 cable from the back of your PC to anyone of the 4 ports on the back of the access point/switch. Sheesh!
 

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jkoder is offline jkoder
2008-04-03 , 13:05
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[QUOTE=caulktel;164439
You need to unplug the ethernet cable from the back of your PC, then plug it into the WAN input on the back of the access point, then plug another Cat 5 cable from the back of your PC to anyone of the 4 ports on the back of the access point/switch. Sheesh![/QUOTE]


D'oh, I can't believe I am so dumb not to have figured that.

Thanks.
 
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2008-04-03 , 13:06
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and Yes you can install whatever you like in a vmware image (you might need to resize the disk file though)
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kernelpanic is offline kernelpanic
2008-04-03 , 13:08
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Does anyone else have a similar situation and if so do you have a tried an tested way for success? Which wifi adaptor and software did you use?
Not right now. But in the past I've had success with Intersil Prism based cards in AP mode.

Cheers,
kernelpanic

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here's a list of chipsets that can supposedly do master mode-

Prism (HostAP)
Atheros (Madwifi)
Prism54
Ralink rt2400 / rt2500
Broadcom 43xx cards (bcm43xx.ko)
Realtek RTL8180 cards (rtl8180-sa2400 project)
Texas Instruments ACX100/ACX111
Intel PRO/Wireless (ipwXXXX) series

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Duncan is offline Duncan
2008-04-03 , 13:27
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Originally Posted by jkoder View Post
D'oh, I can't believe I am so dumb not to have figured that.

Thanks.
One other thing which might catch you out: I believe some cable ISPs have been known to tie the service to a particular MAC address. If your ISP does this then make sure you get an access point which is able to clone your PC's MAC address.
 
loaderr is offline loaderr
2008-04-03 , 13:31
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Follow this and you`ll be set. I had the same setup before my Linksy dd-wrt monster router! be aware that the n800 or n810 using a ad-hoc connection drains battery extremely fast! this is the link http://pacadi.blogspot.com/2007/04/n...op-ad-hoc.html

Originally Posted by jkoder View Post
Hello,

I have a bit of a problem. I want to develop programs for my N800 but I don't have WIFI in my apartment. I use a cable modem. I have a PC with Fedora/XP installed and could easily set up connection sharing using ICS on Windows and add a wireless USB adapter to turn my box into an access point that my N800 could use for a connection but I must develop on Linux and this is where the problems start.

I have searched the net and found that it is possible to do something similar on Linux, add a card/adapter and with the right software turn Linux into an access point. The support for adapters is pretty poor on Linux from what I can see. I was hoping things would be more simple and less constrained though.

Is there an easy way?

Does anyone else have a similar situation and if so do you have a tried an tested way for success? Which wifi adaptor and software did you use?
 

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