Adding Wireless Client Support to Bering
By default, Bering does not include support for wireless devices. Remember, it ships in a configuration that assumes you are using two wired Ethernet cards. That's fine if you are going to put the Bering device in between your cable modem/DSL and your existing AP. However, another possible configuration is to use one wired Ethernet card (for the cable modem/DSL) and a WLAN card for the other interface.
If you are using a laptop for your hardware, it will probably already have a PCMCIA slot for your wireless NIC. If your hardware is a desktop PC, you will need an adapter to go from your bus (ISA or PCI) to a PCMCIA interface, or, you can purchase a wireless card already in a PCI form factor. In order for ...
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