Wire pickups.

the only thing I've ever seen in a wireless router that
caused it to
not work with other operating systems was a flaw in it's
dhcp server.
It seems that windows doesn't conform to the DHCP standard
and some of
the packets transmitted were flawed. the DHCP server on the
router had
been configured to expect these flawed packets and when a
standards
conformant dhcpclient tried to get connection info, the
router didn't
work right. Of course, I no longer have the router (I belive
it was a
linksys) and this was many years ago, so any of that might
be wrong.
Just try it out and see if it works. It probably will.

On 6/30/06, Erik Nørgaard <norgaardlocolomo.org> wrote:
> Goerge Smith wrote:
> > I am making a computer, and I will be using
FreeBSD for the OS. Well I
> > have a router that works for Windows only, is
there a way to get a
> > wireless plugin to pick up the signal?
>
> If I understand you correctly that router is an
independent device?
>
> In that case "windows only" means that they
have only tested it with
> windows and will only ask support requests for users
using that use
> other operating systems. It does not mean that it
won't work.
>
> Rather than looking at OS' required look at protocols
supported. It is
> most likely standard protocols and there will be no
problem at all.
>
> So, just move ahead and see if you actually have a
problem. If so, you
> need to be more specific about the details of your
wireless router etc.
>
> Cheers, Erik
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