I'm considering setting up a wireless access point for my laptop. I'm
wondering if RH9.0 supports it. Specifically, I'm looking at the Linksys
WAP55AG & WPC55AG.
Your laptop does not have to support the access point as long as the AP
speaks standard 802.11b. It _does_ have to support the wireless network
card you use inside your laptop.
My only experience has been with cards that use the Lucent Orinoco chipset
(see http://www.orinocowireless.com if I remember correctly). I have a
bunch of "Orinoco Gold" cards that work beautifully with RH8. Note the Gold
has 128-bit encryption and the Silver has (yuck) 40-bit encryption. I'm
also using a Linksys WAP-11 Access Point, and all of the above work fine.