discuss: A Linux Wireless Access Point Howto
Subject:
Re: A Linux Wireless Access Point Howto
From:
Tabatha Marshall ####@####.####
Date:
8 Jul 2003 05:34:37 -0000
Message-Id: <1057642675.10496.7.camel@mysticchild>
Excellent, thanks for the clarification!
I guess this is debatable, but I wouldn't mind seeing the "longhand" of
that in the abstract. It may help a reader who has found the doc
without having to navigate through it - just a bit of a time-saver.
Only a suggestion...take it or leave it! :D
Tabatha
On Mon, 2003-07-07 at 19:00, Simon Anderson wrote:
> NZWireless is shorhand for "New Zealand Wireless" a community wireless
> project, which I think is described in the introduction.
>
> Integrating with a community wireless project is covered in the howto
> extensively, as I assume that such integration is a goal for most people
> building a Linux AP.
>
> -Simon.
>
> On 7 Jul 2003, Tabatha Marshall wrote:
>
> > >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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Tabatha Marshall
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Linux Documentation Project Review Coordinator (http://www.tldp.org)
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