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As we travel from place to place, office to office, we still need that all-important connection to the Internet. Laptops are a perfect solution to this need, and it's even better if you get them running wirelessly. Rob Reilly steps through how he got the

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A Writer's View of the Linux Wireless Dream, Part 1

A busy manager, sitting in the airport, checking email on his wireless Linux laptop while waiting for his next flight to Cleveland. The teenage girl instant messaging her friends on her wireless Linux laptop while curled up in front of the TV. How about the friendly Linux writer doing a little research on the web, for a new Linux story, from the comfort of a nice lawn chair out in his back yard?

All are glowing images of fantastic productivity and a future of unbridled freedom to work wherever and whenever you want while staying connected. Finally, a way out of Dilbert's world.

As a necessarily thrifty professional Linux writer my opportunity to try out wireless came last Christmas season when my local computer retailer had a year-end sale. I set out to learn how 802.11 technology worked with a Linux laptop, a wireless card, some ideas about antennas, and a curiosity to see what all the hubbub was about.

My overriding question was "Does wireless really help you become more productive?" Good question. To begin to find the answer, I had to get the wireless card working on my Linux laptop, which is the focus of this article.

Subsequent articles take the reader through my whole wireless adventure and allow you to judge how "productive" wireless can be. Here are some hints.


 

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