On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 15:22, Roger Searle wrote: > Hi, now that I have a wireless router at work and home (both are 802.11b > & g), I need a pcmcia card for my laptop. Plenty of them about of > course, but I want to make sure it will work under linux. Any advice on > which ones are better / easier to get going under linux / reliability / > range etc would be appreciated. > > For example while this one from DSE mentions specifically linux support > http://www.dse.co.nz/cgi-bin/dse.storefront/43278a92043fc6f8273fc0a87f99073 >0/Product/View/XH6828 <quote> This product is only available to personal shoppers at the Retail Stores listed below. Retail Stores: (with stock available) Store Locations New Lynn, Henderson, Takapuna, Hamilton, Rotorua, Vivian Street, Lower Hutt. </quote> Looks as if you are SOL whith that one.
>it is quite a lot more expensive than others that do > not such as > http://www.dse.co.nz/cgi-bin/dse.storefront/43278a92043fc6f8273fc0a87f99073 >0/Product/View/XH8345 which does not. Similar. Nearest stock is Rangiora, but it can be backordered. > While I do not have to pay for it myself, I don't have an unlimited > budget and so can't just buy anything I want. I have no idea whether > the 2.6 kernel translates into "all cards will go" and can get away with > a cheap genius card or or whether I need to be pretty careful about what > I get. From personal experience I know that the Intel ipw2100 and ipw220 mini-pci cards work perfectly. Linus has not put them in the official kernel yet, because, as I understand it, the cards will auto associate to an access point. Linus feels this is a breach of security. Others feel that it is a wonderful convenience. Matter of opinion I 'spose. Anyway they both install and work for me. -- CS
