wireless card and tower pc

[Michael Havens]

hmmmmm.....
I think I was mistaken. I do need a wireless router to feed the laptops... not 
just the wireless pci card.... or am I mistaken yet again? And if I buy a 
wifi router doesn't it come with a firewall? or what's up with that?

On Monday 28 January 2008 5:45 pm, Michael Havens wrote:
> The card is not in possesion at the moment (wes tech was closed when I
> drove up) but I need to know if BSD/Linux will detect  it. If it will be
> automatically detected that means things should be locked down before it is
> installed. If it is not to be automagically detected and made available for
> use would someone tell me how to do it.
>
> Then there is the laptop. What do I need to do to get it to detect the wifi
> in the tower? THe laptop has xubuntu 6.10 (for no other reason than it was
> on hand to ensure that the laptop was still operational and that the
> problem was a windows thing.
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