From: adam@address.invalid   
      
   TJ wrote:   
   > On 05/27/2012 09:20 PM, Adam wrote:   
   >   
   >> how can I find out whether any particular distro could be set up for   
   >> working wi-fi without excessive headaches? I can put my PCI wi-fi card   
   >> into eris, but I gather eris will still need the wired connection to the   
   >> router so I can configure the router as well as the distro in question.   
   >> How can I manage that? IOW is it possible to have both wired and   
   >> wireless 'net access from the same box?   
      
   Thanks for making me clarify that point, TJ!  I don't need both at once.   
     Let me see...   
      
   1) Right now I'm choosing my next distro for this desktop system   
   ('eris').  This box is connected via an RJ-45 cable to my DSL   
   modem/router which also supports wireless.   
      
   2) Configuring my router to support wireless will require some computer   
   wired to it, or if not /required/ would still make things a lot easier.   
      
   3) When I get around to buying a new computer, 'eris' is going to be   
   moved to another room, and will need to use wireless to access the 'net.   
      
   4) Therefore: The distro I choose for 'eris' /must/ be able to use the   
   PCI wireless card I already have (now in my box of computer pieces).   
      
   About three years ago I briefly had a second desktop system in the other   
   room, put that same WiFi card in it, and found that with some distros   
   getting WiFi working securely was relatively straightforward, while with   
   other distros it seemed impossible.   
      
   > Not my specialty, but perhaps my experience will help. If you just want   
   > the potential to use either wired or wireless, but not both at the same   
   > time, that's easy enough.   
      
   Great!   
      
   > I did that with the Dell computer I, um,   
   > inherited last winter. I set it up as wired with Mageia 1, then shopped   
   > for and bought a usb dongle wireless adapter, so I could eventually move   
   > it to another room. For a while there, while I was testing things, I had   
   > both connections available. I had one set up to be made at boot, and if   
   > I wanted to use the other I right-clicked on the connection icon,   
   > changed the active interface, and it would switch.   
      
   That is essentially the situation I'm in now, and that does indeed sound   
   simple and straightforward.   
      
   > In your case, the configuring procedure would depend on the distro you   
   > settle on.   
      
   Or in my case, the other way around.  The distro I settle on will depend   
   (among other things) on whether I can configure it for wireless with   
   'eris' and my existing WiFi card.  If I can't get a distro configured   
   for wireless after considerable effort, then that's enough to eliminate   
   that distro for me.   
      
   > But if you want both at the same time, I can't help. Never tried that.   
      
   Nope, just one at a time, basically what you already did successfully.   
   Thanks VERY much for your comments and reassurance!   
      
   Adam   
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