[nmglug] PCMCIA Wireless Cards

[Andres Paglayan]

Yeah, I paid like $90 for nowing the difference,
btw, I just bought the classic at $45 @ newegg.com
(hope that one will work)
you'll se the super one in ebay soon,


Anthony Martinez wrote:

>On Wed, Aug 11, 2004 at 09:34:06AM -0600, Andres Paglayan 
>carved this out of pure phosphors:
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>>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.
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>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.
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>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.
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>>WA7BSZ wrote:
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>>>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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>>Andres Paglayan
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