There is a script in the HOWTO section that loads your BT4 .iso and allows you to make changes to it via the terminal (such as apt-get update/upgrade, install drivers or programs, edit .conf files,...

Many many thanks to the both of you. :D

I've been to several bookstore (Borders, Barnes & Nobles) looking for a good TCP/IP book, and so far none of them seem like they're any good. Are there any good ones I can order online? I think...

there are 2 different places to get drivers for the awus036h on their taiwan site, and both are different versions. one of them is much newer version than what comes on the cd in the box... so maybe...

my network admin is an awesome guy. we teach each other things all the time, so he should be fine with it. i'll ask him anyway to be sure. thanks again for the help.

i see, so then there is nothing wrong my method, it's just that what i am trying to achieve is not possible.

so if sshd is required to be open on both sides, then the only usefulness in my...

Is it possible that the AP you are trying to connect to is unable to transmit far enough? Maybe the AP range is the limiting factor and not your side.

Thank you for the reply mistm,

as far as what I am trying to accomplish: first i want to establish a connection to my home computer from work, using port 1999 (which I can achieve through ssh...

i'm trying to do a reverse ssh tunnel between two computers. here is a basic synopsis of my setup:

i have sshd on "my.home.pc" listening at port 1999, and port forwarded to my internal IP via the...

Wouldn't you wanna use ssh tunneling to be as secure as possible?

Just set up a ssh server somewhere, then port forward with SOCKS on whichever programs have proxy support (firefox, pidgin, etc)....