Running Free with Linux
By Roman Vichr2005-04-21
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• Check out the wireless Linux Storage Servers running SuSe Professional 9.0.
• The Linux Portal from IBM shows how IBM Software running on Linux can deliver what you need.
• Find out how IBM Linux servers are supporting Qualcomm's wireless efforts.
• IBM's BlueDrekar project has helped bridge Linux and Bluetooth.
• If you're trying to build a Linux-based AP, you need to read the Wireless Access Point HOWTO.
• Once you've finished with the HOWTO, move on to Building a wireless access point on Linux (developerWorks, July 2003).
• For more general questions about Linux and Wi-Fi networks, read the Wireless LAN HOWTO . This page also features the Wireless LAN Hardware Survey.
• Learn more about the Wireless Assigned Numbers Authority, or WIANA, an initiative to ensure accessible and stable wireless address management.
• Check out the Community Wireless project, an organization to represent the wireless community network.
• LocustWorld helps install wireless networks worldwide.
• Learn more about NodeDB , the wireless node database project.
• NoCatNet is a project aimed at producing a community-supported Wi-Fi network in Sonoma County. NoCatAuth is the project's authentication client.
• Freenetworks.org coordinates many free networks around the world to prevent interference and IP address overlap.
• Learn the basics of RF propagation (in PDF format).
• Learn more about the ROSE Net Access Point Development Kit (in PDF format).
• Check out the homepage for the Linux-IrDA project on Sourceforge.
• For more on IrDA and BlueZ, read Linux wireless networking (developerWorks, March 2004).
• KWiFiManager is a complete set of KDE tools using wireless extensions.
• waproamd is a Linux daemon that automatically roams between access points.
• APHunter is a Perl wrapper around the Linux wireless tools.
• Find out more about Gwireless, a wireless card configurator that uses wireless extensions. Glink is a part of this project.
• Find out about the Host AP driver, a Linux driver for wireless LAN cards.
• The 802.11g standard -- IEEE (developerWorks, March 2003) shows how 802.11g has shaped up, and how it's fareing in the race.
• The ABC's of 802.11 (developerWorks, August 2002) explains the agreed upon standards of 802.11.
• Linux emerging as a cell phone platform ( Mobile Pipeline, May 2004) explains how cell phone managers are looking to Linux to fill the need for more sophisticated software that's not attached to major vendors.
• Visit the Developer Bookstore for a comprehensive listing of technical books, including hundreds of wireless-related titles.
• Also see the Wireless zone tutorials page for a complete listing of free wireless-focused tutorials from developerWorks.
Tutorial Pages:
» A Variety of Tools and Projects Help Get Wireless Linux Off the Ground
» A Linux Wireless Access Point: Build or Buy?
» Friendly Tools
» Interoperability Issues
» Linux's Wireless Future
» Resources
First published by IBM DeveloperWorks
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