[SATLUG] 54 a/g card recommendations?

[Eli]

added it to my bookmarks.

good source.

~e


> oops.. that's what I get for not having enough caffiene..
>
> nevermind..
>
> well, check out fab-corp.com <http://fab-corp.com> anyways.. they have
> good
> antennas and stuff.
>
>
> FIRESTORM_v1
>
> On 8/30/05, Eli <eli at then7.com> wrote:
>>
>> those are great cards, but i think he wanted 54g in pci, no?
>>
>> ~e
>>
>>
>> > go to www.fab-corp.com <http://www.fab-corp.com> <
>> http://www.fab-corp.com> and look for their
>> > orinoco
>> > classic gold card. it's about $60 but it works in Win/Lin/MacOS and it
>> has
>> > an external antenna on it.. :)
>> >
>> >
>> > FIRESTORM_v1
>> >
>> > On 8/30/05, Mark D. McCoy <mark at mccoyfam.net> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Tom Weeks wrote:
>> >> > Hey all..
>> >> >
>> >> > Couple of WiFi geek Questions:
>> >> >
>> >> > 1)
>> >> > I need to buy a 802.11a/g 54 PCI card for my Myth.. and was looking
>> >> for
>> >> a
>> >> > recommendation for something with either an Atheros (MadWiFi
>> driver)
>> >> or
>> >> > PrismDuette ISL3890/1260:3890 (Prism54 driver) based cards?
>> >> >
>> >> > 2)
>> >> > Regarding card recommendations... Would anyone also be able to
>> suggest
>> >> a
>> >> > good/the best 54a/g PC-Card (aka PCMCIA, even though they're
>> >> different)?
>> >> > Something that's external antenna ready or hackable would be
>> >> preferred.
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> Locally, finding a Linux-compatible card might be hard. I had to get
>> >> the NetGear wg311, and the only ones I could find were v2 cards with
>> the
>> >> TI chipset. I had to use ndiswrapper to get them working. They
>> >> actually do work great under ndiswrapper (1.2).
>> >>
>> >> I picked up a Hawking 54g PCI card that was supposed to be
>> compatible,
>> >> but Hawking changed the chipset without changing either the model
>> number
>> >> or the revision of the card. There was no mention on the card or the
>> >> box that it was a different card. I returned it immediately.
>> >>
>> >> If you have a couple of computers near each other, you can get a
>> >> wireless bridge for about $60 ($70 for one with a built-in 4-port
>> hub).
>> >> I know that might seem like a lot, but I was able to just use all of
>> my
>> >> existing network cards (for which there are great linux drivers) and
>> >> bridge onto the wireless network. I have my whole "lab" (really just
>> my
>> >> garage) on my wireless network without any hiccups whatsoever.
>> >>
>> >> My laptop uses an older 'b' card, but it works great in linux, so I'm
>> >> not going to even try to upgrade it!
>> >>
>> >>
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