worked for me ok no problem ;)

well all i did was download the dvd iso img mounted it with magic disc and then went into the bootinst file press enter twice and voilla u have a bootable thumb drive easy as pie :)

lol well if you looked at my original question i asked wether a directional antenna would work on a repeater :rolleyes: i was asking for help prior to trying this and i was told it wouldnt work......

no i just attached the grid antenna to the repeater and removed the omni antenna and i can pick up the signal perfect :) so i now know that a directional antenna does work on a universal repeater ;)

well i'm sorry to say you are all wrong as ive connected this antenna and it works a treat ;)

yes the antenna is detachable its an omni antenna but i'm wanting to attach a grid directional antenna for better gain i was wondering if i could maybe attach some sort of splitter that could...

ok so there is no way around this i guess?

cant i use a splitter attach a directional antenna and omni togetha/or is there a device that i can use with both antennas?

thx 4 the quick reply streaker :) well i have just purchased a belkin universal wireless repeater but i want to replace the small omni it came with for a directional grid parabolic antenna im just...

does anyone know if it is possible to replace the omni antenna on these things with a directional grid antenna ? and if so how would i rebroadcast the signal? thanks in advance..

thx for the swift reply tron ;) broadcom 802.11b/g is all that is listed in windows but i havnt tried it in backtrack yet... i was asking because someone mentioned to me that the HP 530 is supported...

hi, ive just purchased the hp 530 notebook and ive heard that the broadcom driver for this is supported in bt... can anyone verify this and is there any tutorial on how i can bring my card into...

thx for the reply wel can you tell me if i am bringing the atheros card into play by typing the commands below


ifconfig ath0 down
wlanconfig ath0 destroy
wlanconfig ath0 create wlandev wifi0...

well ive tried the above and it seems the eeepc doesnt like ath1 it will only accept the ath0 in airodump

thx for the reply ;) i will give that a go :)

yes im using those commands but my eeepc uses ath0 not ath1 ..

has anyone tried cracking wpa on the eeepc ? ive set my ap to wpa and had my friend connect to it i can see that hes connected in airodump and have followed the commands for cracking wpa but to no...

Ive just installed winxp pro sp3 onto my eeepc everything went smoothly and even after updating the drivers with the xp support disc that comes with eeepc my atheros wireless wont connect or even...

i might try windows first b4 i return but ive heard windows has isues with the built in atheros chipset ;(

i explained my problem earlier if you read my post properly i bought the eeepc on the onus i could upgrade the memory on it :/ dam linux runs slow on it never mind windowz and why anyone would even...

thanks for that rather long post reply reality :) it was very informative i just wished ide did a little bit more homework before i went out and bought the dam thing , anyway according to most...

i dont doubt the 4g version will be good just the fact it can be upgraded is a bonus so i mite return this this on the onus that i bought it on the assumption it can be upgraded, i think asus isnt...

quote from one of the many sites claiming this model is not upgradable :(

oh well i fell into that one :/

well i dont know if its a revised model or not i read online few places and it states that the eeepc 2g surf cannot be upgraded as its memory is apparently soldered to the mobo :( and there is also...

oh crap i wish i never bought this thing i just found out it is non upgradable and the 512 memory that comes with this struggles with linux never mind windows :( just a thort on anyone wanting to get...