discuss: A Linux Wireless Access Point Howto
Subject:
Re: A Linux Wireless Access Point Howto
From:
Tabatha Marshall ####@####.####
Date:
8 Jul 2003 01:34:02 -0000
Message-Id: <1057628239.6405.38.camel@mysticchild>
>From what I saw of your document via the link, it looks very good! I
wouldn't mind seeing some technical feedback on this doc.
In your abstract you mention that some content is specific to
NZ-wireless. Forgive me, I don't know what that is, could you explain?
If it's not an obvious term, it could help to clarify that with a short
definition. Or am I missing something really simple? :D
Tabatha
On Mon, 2003-07-07 at 18:13, Simon Anderson wrote:
> The Linux Wireless Access Point document I have written shares little with
> the pre-existing documents at tldp.org. I don't think that there is much
> if any cross over and little scope for integration.
>
> A month ago I informed the authors of "Wireless Howto" (Roberto
> Arcomano) and "Link-sys WPC11 Mini-HOWTO" (Gerardo
> Arnaez) of my work. The former is a somewhat dated document describing
> some methods for configuring a Linux wireless client and the later is
> concerned with the client configuration for a particular wifi card.
>
> In comparison, the HOWTO I have written is about configuring Linux to act
> as an Access Point and integrate with an existing wired and wireless
> infrastructure.
>
> -Simon.
>
>
> On 7 Jul 2003, Tabatha Marshall wrote:
>
> > Hi Simon,
> >
> > Sounds interesting. Be sure to check out similar documents at
> > http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/hardware.html#HWWIRELESS though,
> > to make sure. You may want to let folks know how this differs from
> > what's already in the collection if you've already checked them out.
> >
> > So you may have already done this, but I wanted to make sure!
> >
> > Tabatha
> >
> > On Sun, 2003-07-06 at 21:51, Simon Anderson wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I have been putting together a HOWTO for a Linux Wireless Access Point and
> > > wonder if it might be suitable for inclusion in TLDP.
> > >
> > > It is a work in progress and the end-to-end testing is yet to be
> > > completed. I understand that I will need to alter the formatting to meet
> > > tldp.org's specifications.
> > >
> > > I have made a number of wireless groups and document authors aware of my
> > > work in the interests of peer review and so far the feedback has been
> > > complementary. I look forward to further feedback from tldp.org and other
> > > interested parties.
> > >
> > > The draft is available here;
> > >
> > > http://oob.freeshell.org/nzwireless/LWAP-HOWTO.html
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Simon.
> > >
> > >
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> >
>
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>
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Tabatha Marshall
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Linux Documentation Project Review Coordinator (http://www.tldp.org)
Linux Counter Area Manager US:wa (http://counter.li.org)
