[nmglug] PCMCIA Wireless Cards

[Anthony Martinez]

On Wed, Aug 11, 2004 at 09:34:06AM -0600, Andres Paglayan 
carved this out of pure phosphors:
> I bought the last orinoco gold, it cames with Atheros chipset, and 
> Proxim does not support Linux at all.
> there is a beta driver for it -madwifi-, there are not rpms (few but are 
> very kernel specific) nor apt-gets , you need to compile the module,
> ... I am still learning how to have it running.
> I should have checked for some that has full Linux support first,
> I would recommend to check for supported cards first and shop after.
> 

That's an Orinoco Gold, not an Orinoco Classic Gold. There's (as you found out)
a BIG difference. Classic is B-Only and has really good linux support, and an
external antenna port.

The madwifi drivers aren't too hard to compile, but they taint the kernel with
proprietary code. The drivers aren't bad either, but i've had a really bad
experience with the cards - they have terrible recieve sensitivity.

> 
> 
> 
> WA7BSZ wrote:
> 
> >I believe one of my little cheap Prism chipset wireless cards has a
> >hardware failure, possibly from being in a laptop that was too old and
> >not controlled well, and it may have put 5V on it, even though it is a
> >3.3V card.  It made the other one work erratically, and only after
> >about 30 minutes in another computer did it start working well again. 
> >So I think that old Compaq might be a little flaky in voltage control.
> >
> >Anyway, now I have an opportunity to contemplate getting a wireless
> >card that is good for Linux.  I see Orinoco is liked.  Where could I
> >get a good wireless PCMCIA card for Linux for not too much?  Orinoco
> >silver verses Gold?  Something better than Orinoco?  What brand
> >Orinoco?
> >
> >Kim
> >
> >
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