Normally you cannot bridge a wireless network in VMWare on Linux. However, from this hack
http://www.hauke-m.de/artikel/vm-ware-wlan-bugfix. Its in German and English.

You should download http://www.hauke-m.de/uploads/media/vmnet.tar as per his article. 

The replace that file in /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/. I would backup the original just in case. 

My father-in-law, a United Methodist pastor, was just appointed to a new church. He wanted to get wireless setup to work with his HP laptop that I helped him purchase a while back along with a wireless network that I setup in his house.

Of course, being a church pastor, he is always trying to make sure they don't have to spend a lot of money. I happened to have an extra Buffalo WHR-HP-G54 wireless router that I knew would be perfect for his church, especially if I loaded the excellent dd-wrt firmware replacement.

Then I'd be able to use all the amazing functionality that isn't provided with the default firmware from Buffalo. I'd be able to get in remotely with vpn to help him for anything if needed. I could setup local DNS for other network devices if needed. I could also attach securely via ssh if needed. Who wouldn't want to do that? For the life of me I can't figure out why Buffalo or any of the other vendors that use Linux on their routers don't allow people to use the full power of it. I guess it would make their other over priced versions of that equipment totally useless and obsolete if you could do everything a $400 dollar router does by paying $40.

The Chicago Tribune confirmed what I had been hearing for the last month or so. They are going to WiMax Chicago! Now I'm not trying to get too excited, because I don't know the range of the service. WiMax can supposedly have quite a large range. But if I can't use it at home too then its probably not going to be worth it for me. 

I don't know what kind of hardware they are going to provide either. For instance, will I get a WiMax enabled phone with bluetooth to connect, or will it be just a usb device or Express card (I don't have PCMCIA anymore)? If its a phone and it can also include the existing Sprint Power Network then I'm in!