My main computer is running Ubuntu 9.04 but it does not
have a built in wireless. I bought a Buffalo Ethernet Converter
model WLI-TX4-AG300N. I connected it to the Ethernet
port and it came right up on the wireless Internet automatically.
No configuration ...no nothing. This is the second
Buffalo Ethernet Converter I have bought and the same
result happened. Works with Unbuntu 8.04 and Redhat
Fedora 8 as well. Great product.

It is also a 3 port router so I think I can plug in my
HP Pro all in one printer and my wife can print from her
office using her Mac I think. The old HP notebook computer running
XP has built in wireless but I never connect it to the Internet
for virus reasons. That is the only thing we have running
a Microsoft product.

The Motorola cable modem I have is wireless but not a router
so to add computers they need to be wireless.

The EeePC has built in wireless and that has never
failed to work in several countries around the world.

That makes six computers so far at our house.

Paul Lamar

That sounds like you have quite a network growing. For the printer, does it
have its own Ethernet port? If so then all is good with your plans. If not,
you might have to slave it off of your "main" computer. As far as how to do
that in Linux, I couldn't say.

The network I have up and running under W7 is a combination of wireless and
wired. Modem has 4 ports plus wireless. Ethernet to "main" computer with
printer, Ethernet to Xbox, everything else is wireless, Motion tablet
running XP, net book W7, laptop W7, iPhone. With the printer driver
installed on each computer, and a home network established in W7 and xp, all
computers can send jobs to the printer over the wireless. Very cool now with
media enabled main computer and the Xbox. We have turned off the sat saving
$60 a month. Everything can be found on the internet and streamed for free
(for now anyway) with services like hulu, xboxlive and others. The media pc
has an ATSC tuner and a couple of terabytes of storage, therefore functions
like a DVR.

Not finding much time for games or entertainment, while cramming the CAD.
But it's cool to print a rendering from my laptop in the kitchen, to the
printer in the study.
I may yet have an entry in your contest, but it will be a CH-640 cowl to
lightweight 13b. Found the section on lofting in the Alibre user guide.
Don't really care if it's a winner due to the different model, but it will
surely indicate a learning curve and surfacing ability.
C. Smith

The printer has an Ethernet port.

Paul Lamar