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I have two pcs networked on a wireless router with Windows , 1 has Windows
XP Home and the other Vista . Is it possible to add a third and use it with
Linux wirelessly. If so is it added in the same way as a networked PC. TIA

PWB wrote:
> I have two pcs networked on a wireless router with Windows , 1 has Windows
> XP Home and the other Vista .

> Is it possible to add a third and use it with
> Linux wirelessly.
Yes.

> If so is it added in the same way as a networked PC. TIA
Er.. Yes, in as much as you connect it to the wireless network and
either give it an IP or let it use your DHCP server to obtain an IP.

"PWB" wrote in message news:Wz1rj.3536$...
> I have two pcs networked on a wireless router with Windows , 1 has
> Windows XP Home and the other Vista . Is it possible to add a third
> and use it with Linux wirelessly. If so is it added in the same way
> as a networked PC. TIA


"use it"

Does that mean you just want to have network connectivity on the Linux
host? Presumably NAT is included in your router (which means it also
has a DHCP server). So either assign a static IP address (different
than any other host in your intranet) or have it get a dynamically
assigned IP address from the router's DHCP server.

Or do you want to share files between the Windows and Linux hosts. If
so, check on using Samba.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...linux+%2Bsamba

Also see Windows Services for Unix (SFU):
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/i.../bb380242.aspx
(I've never used it myself. It adds NFS support.)

PWB wrote:

> I have two pcs networked on a wireless router with Windows , 1 has Windows
> XP Home and the other Vista . Is it possible to add a third and use it
> with
> Linux wirelessly. If so is it added in the same way as a networked PC.
> TIA

You have to be careful in which wireless network card you buy. Intel and
atheros come to my mind.
It may be a P.I.T.A to get WPA encryption (wpa supplicant needed) to work as
well, with linux.
Btw., each wireless router has some nice ethernet jacks as well. That should
work without problems in no time, assuming the router is dhcp server.
For sharing files between windows and linux, you want to install samba
server on the linux box.

On Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:54:46 GMT, PWB wrote:

>I have two pcs networked on a wireless router with Windows , 1 has Windows
>XP Home and the other Vista . Is it possible to add a third and use it with
>Linux wirelessly. If so is it added in the same way as a networked PC. TIA

Yes, just check that the card is supported and has drivers.

Basically yes, if you aren't sure like any setup, you follow the
instructions.

Me