Adding Wifi to my Slug

[Charles Lindsey-2]

What options are available to me (I use SlugosBE)? I note that Wiki page http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/Peripherals/WirelessNetworkAdapter is abit out of date, given especially recent developments at http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com regarding the drivers for the Ralink chipsets, for which Slugos 4.* is probably not good enough.

I don't want to be fiddling around with individual chips. What I really want is some embeddable module with all the RF chips on it, but taking full advantage of the TCP/IP stack already provided by Slugos, and the ethernet PHY already present on the Slug. But all the modules I have found so far are a huge overkill, containing 1 (sometimes 2) Arm processors plus a fully featured TCP/IP stack, internal web-page configuration, and all other bells and whistles - pluis a huge price to match, of course :-( .

And i don't want some totally external box. I _might_ manage with a USB dongle (and I gather drivers for such could be found), but I am likely to be faced with weak signal strengths, and really need to organize my own antenna (directional and remotely located, if needs be).

So, all suggestions welcome!

[Scott Ruckh]

This is what you said Charles Lindsey
> What options are available to me (I use SlugosBE)? I note that Wiki page
> http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/Peripherals/WirelessNetworkAdapter is abit out
> of date, given especially recent developments at
> http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com regarding the drivers for the Ralink chipsets,
> for which Slugos 4.* is probably not good enough.
>

I have two netgear access points.  One (in bridged mode) plugged into a
netgear switch (the slug is plugged into this same switch) and another one (in
gateway mode) plugged in to a netgear switch (the cable modem is also plugged
into this switch).

I am connecting two ethernet switches via a wireless-bridged connection.

This is not necessarily what you are talking about, but this is how I added
wireless networking to my slug.