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Other than the reasons I mentioned in the original mail, no *absolute* reasons. Yes the print server *is* necessary as I don't want to have to leave the desktop on all day on the off-chance Dad may want to print something. I'll have enough "fun" teaching him how to use the old laptop without having to teach him to use the desktop as well :)Pass, the built in print server has me beat.
That makes two of us.
Question: is this piece of kit *really* necessary? Is there a compelling reason to replace your existing kit rather than add to it?
Chicken wire is a good question. If your house was built with fire regulations upto "hotel" standard then it's quite possible that the plasterboard will have a wire component to them. Normal, "ordinary" houses built for domestic purposes only are unlikely to have this, but if your house has been a hotel or residential home at any point within the past 10 years or so then there is a chance...The house is 20 years old. We had it built so I know it's not had any business use previously, and I'm pretty sure nothing like chicken-wire would have been used in the walls.
If your particular card isn't directly supported then you might want to check out the "ndiswrapper" project. It's basically an intermediary that aims to use Windows' NDIS drivers under Linux. They've got a good list of cards currently supported. I've not tried it myself yet...I'd be inclined to get cards and router (or access point) from the same manufacturer, so at least there won't be any hardware gotchas. I've just checked and Mandrake 10.0 has an option for "Wireless connection" in the "New Network" configuration, so that looks promising from a software point of view. So all I have to do (*cough* ALL he says!) is get the correct module talking to the kernel so that it operates the router properly.
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