[plug] Just works wireless card.

[Gregory Orange]

Is a MAC ACL worth the trouble? I thought MAC spoofing was like taking 
candy from a baby.

Greg.

Lance Duivenbode wrote:
> I bought one of these the other day as well. Works well with Etch, Feisty, and 
> Gutsy. Checkout http://madwifi.org/wiki/Compatibility/TP-Link for more info 
> on what TP-Link cards are compatible.
> 
> One thing to note: I have had problems getting wpa_supplicant to connect on 
> Etch when the AP's SSID is hidden. Since there's not really much security 
> benefit in doing this anyway I just opted to leave it visible with a MAC 
> access control list to restrict access (and WPA of course!).
> 
> Cheers,
> Lance
> 
> On Thursday 17 January 2008 13:43:02 Leon Brooks wrote:
>> On Thu, 17 Jan 2008, doodli wrote:
>>> Hopefully someone has brought one lately locally
>>> that just works.
>> TP-Link WN651G bought for $35 from Navada today.
>> Above-average range, small, simple, Just Works
>> (at least with Ubuntu Gutsy).
>>
>> Have had good results from their wireless routers
>> as well - WR642G, WA601G etc.
>>
>> Cheers; Leon
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