[TriLUG] Airimba wireless access

[Reginald Reed]

Looking at the FAQ on Airimba's web page, it appears the you need to
login via a web page before you can access the internet.  Depending on
how this authentication works and how often it is required (this is
how the service gets the MAC address associated with your wireless
adapter), you should be able to use a wireless card on a Linux machine
with a script that checks connectivity (to see if you need to
re-authenticate).  If the connection is down, re-auth using a script.

If you got something like Kevin describes, you would be able to run
the script from a machine inside your network.

--Reggie

On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 08:12:36 -0400, P. L. Charles Fischer
<plcfischer at nc.rr.com> wrote:
> My apartment complex just got Airimba 812.11b wireless networking.  The
> monthly cost is $0.00.  So I want to take advantage of this, but do not
> know anything about wireless networking (other then I want a firewall
> between my computers and the outside world).
> 
> I have one Linux only computer and two duel boot Windows 2000/Linux boxes,
> and two Alphas running Tru64 Unix and Windows and Linux.  At this time all
> of the computers connect to a Netgear FVS318 firewall router, which
> connects to a cable modem.
> 
> I would like a device that would just take the place of the cable
> modem.  Am I thinking too simple?  Anybody done this before?  Help?
> 
> Thanks
> Charles Fischer
> 
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