[rescue] Re: scrap sparcbook

Mike Hebel nimitz at nimitzbrood.com
Thu Nov 4 10:28:42 CST 2004


> On Thu, Nov 04, 2004 at 09:23:45AM -0600, Mike Hebel wrote:
>>> WiFi is provided by the Linksys WGA11B "Gaming Adapter" which still
>>> has a lot of wires, but lets me use the device on the other side of
>>> the house.  My battery doesn't even last 1 second, I need to get that
>>> fixed sometime soon.
>>
>> Did you have any problems running this with WEP 128 enabled?  I'm
>> having a hell of a time getting it to connect to the network properly.
>>
>> I suspect I'm going to have to completely diable WEP to get it to work
>> or find another solution.
>
> To be honest, I've only used it on completely open networks, no WEP,
> yet.  I just got a Linksys WRT54G (yes, I've put the sveasoft flash on
> it) for home, but I've got wireless turned off on it right now.  I'll
> play with it more this weekend, I'll report back with what works and
> what doesn't.


That would be much appreciated as the WGA11B is small and honestly could
be battery powered if it tried.  It's a good solution for non-pcmcia
system like my old RDI Powerlite or my iMac mod project.

Mike
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