[nmglug] piece of iron

[nick pitlosh]

i would hope that any modern wireless card is expresscard, but as you
well may know drivers for the atheros chips in my experience have a
few issues and one is incompatibility with modern kernels and the
wireless architecture in linux that is deployed in most distros. This
seems to be related to the stripping that many distos use on the
mac80211 and iw subsystems. I've found that a valuable source of
information on this is the aircrack-ng website. This application
pushes the limits of the standard to a degree where standards
tolerance is virtually non-existent. I hope this gets you onto a more
illuminated path.

On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 12:48 PM, Jason Schaefer <js at jasonschaefer.com> wrote:
>> So I wonder, what the list thinks is the best iron out there these days?
>
> I have the T61 and have been very happy with it. Looking for more
> portability, I have been eying the X220. Not excited about the small
> 12.5 screen. I like large displays but I carry my t61 EVERYWHERE with
> me and I'm starting to regret it. Thinking it could become top of desk
> and the x220 for top of lap. I bought a atheros ar5008 for my t61 but
> it drops network connection periodically. So I will probably buy a
> AR9280. Not sure what they ship with. I think broadcom. Have not had a
> chance to research the gobi3000 card. I wonder what chipset they ship?
> Anyone know driver situation? Is it a pci-e slot?
>
> Jason
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