Wireless and Linux

[SleepO]

I recently moved from an apartment to a house and I am trying to figure out my best option for my network. Right now I am running a box with Clark Connnect (linux) as a firewall which is connected to a switch with several computers running different flavours of linux and windows. Runnning Cat5 around the apartment was fine but I want to avoid running it all over the house. Is 802.11g a big advantage over b and will linux handle the wireless cards fine?

[Synthohol]

well you can try here (http://www.debianhelp.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=3120)
or good info here (http://www.absolutevaluesystems.com/writings/std-wlan-linux/stdwlan-whitepaper.html)
more good info :) (http://www.practicallynetworked.com/tools/wireless_linux.htm)
as far as brand names, it seem the amtel chip on whatever card would help you out.
lemme know if i could assist any Q's!!
happy learning

[SleepO]

Thanks Synth, i will do some reading and get back to you if I got any questions.

[Ruantic]

Well, I'm not real knowledgable as far as wireless networks go, but it all seemed pretty simple and seamless. I can tell you I picked up the a Linksys router/wireless access point, it is 2.4 ghz 802b. I also chose the linksys USB external tx/rx instead of the internal cards. they work quite well for me. Installation was 5 minutes from start to finish on 4 boxes, and the router. I cannot comment how different the install would be with mixed flavor os, all my machines on the network are XP boxes, although the usb transcievers came with Linux drivers, and I would be surprised if it were much more difficult..

As for G, versus B, I really don't see a major advantage, other then the 5 ghz is newer and possibly less used, which may be a consideration if your in a crowded area.