1. Wireless is never as easy as a wired setup - if you can run the cables neatly and so that nobody trips
over them (or if you don't care! :-) then use wires. It's faster, easier to configure, more reliable, more
secure and unless you get a firm in to install the wiring, cheaper, too!
2. If you really do want to run OS/2 wireless, the easiest way is with an external WiFi gizmo which plugs into
the PC's ethernet port, as described by Daniela in the article that Mark cited. I have a pair of Asus WL-330g
units which I carry when I'm travelling, and even though one of my Thinkpads has an OS/2-supported internal
WiFi card and antennae, I use the Asus because it's so much simpler!
I think the WL-330g is available in the 'States for about $65 (I paid about UK£40 each for mine), but you'll
need the other end of the link too, so don't overlook the cost of a WiFi Router or Access Point. You could
use another WL-330g as an Access Point (a switch on the back changes its function) which is very handy for
example at conferences to set up your own "hot spot", but for a permanent installation I'd go for a "proper"
AP.
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