Once again I have to thank my brother, who supplies me with hardware, fast and cheap. This time he got me D-Link DWL-G520 wireless card (PCI). I plugged it into my home server (appologies for a few short downtimes), downloaded and installed madwifi drivers from ATrpms, and go immediately connected with my notebook. Everything works extremely well.
Now I have to think about securing the wireless network. Previously, I was thinking to ignore the issue due to the lack of competent neighbors, but when I scanned looked around and found as many as 4 wireless networks within my reach, I reconsidered.
The question now is which option to choose? WEP, WPA-PSK, VPN? I don’t want to spend a lot of time on this, and I have somewhat contradicting requirements – I want to easily provide network connectivity to my guests, but I don’t want every passer-by to use my connection. Hopefully, I’ll figure this all out before someone else will mess things up. (Hint for bad guys: please, stay away for some time).