With regards to PCMCIA cards, most 802.11G cards are not yet linux-friendly. If you need the 54Mb/s stay away from linksys and anything with a broadcom chipset, they are arrogant about thier anti-linux ways. Try to get a card with a prizm chipset for Wireless-G, as they have the best linux support to date...
>From what I know, 802.11B cards are very well supported in general... On September 2, 2003 08:32 am, you wrote: > I've got a Netgear wireless router + PCMCIA cards. The cardswotk fine > under very recent kernels. The router itself seems to have problems > with stability when using encyption. If I turn off encrypted the > network works just fine but with it enabled it'll just freeze and I'll > have to reboot the router. > > Jeff > > On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 10:29:35AM -0400, Toole, Robert wrote: > > I'd stay away from the linksys access points. We have been using them for > > 3 years at work, nothing but trouble. They have buggy firmware, (so bad > > that downloading newer firmware tends to fry the AP) very low power > > radios, extremely bad tech support, the list goes on and on... > > > > However, Linksys wireless cards tend to work very well, and have good > > support under linux with the wlan-ng project. > > > > I'd use an AP from Symbol, 3Com or Cisco, (They are pricey but worth it) > > If you are on a budget, I'd look at the D-link. > > > > Robert Toole > > Systems Engineer > > USCO Logistics / Calgary > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dave Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 10:22 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: (clug-talk) Ask CLUG: Which Wireless Access Point? > > > > Richi Plana wrote: > > > I am thinking of starting a wireless network at home and am wondering > > > if I need to get an access point (or will Linux with a WiFi card > > > connected the the Internet work?). > > > > I don't think a wireless card has the hardware resources required to act > > as an AP. It'd be nice if there were PCI cards that had the ability to > > act as an AP. > > > > > I'm looking at two Wireless AP options and was wondering if you could > > > give me your opinion on which would work best for an all-Linux network. > > > The two APs I'm condering are the D-Link AirPlus Xtreme G Wireless > > > Router w/ 4-Port Switch (DI-624) and the Linksys Wireless-G Access > > > Point (WAP54G). > > > > Is there already linux driver support for some 802.11g cards? If so, > > thats pretty sweet. I haven't looked yet. > > > > I just bought the DI-614+ this weekend, which supports the non-standard > > 802.11b+ protocol, which uses a different encoding (don't know if > > encoding is the correct terminology) called Packet Binary Convolution > > Code (PBCC). This encoding ups the theoretical max bandwidth to 22Mbps, > > which in reality is reportedly closer to ~6Mbps. > > > > When I did the firmware and driver upgrades, I noticed that D-Link now > > offers a "proprietary" 4x mode. The FAQ states that "4X mode is a > > proprietary method of gaining increased throughput exclusive to the > > D-Link Airplus family. 4X mode enables you to get up to 4 times actual > > throughput increase over 802.11b devices when using D-Link Airplus > > products that also support 4X mode." > > > > of course, none of this 4x mode is linux friendly, and I don't know if > > the 2x PBCC stuff is linux friendly. In my case the only wireless client > > using the AP/router is my gf's windows laptop, and so linux support > > hasn't come into play. when it does, I assume standard 11Mbps 802.11b > > will be all that linux is capable of. > > > > Dave -- Nick W ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Registered Linux User #324288 (http://counter.li.org) MSN Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo: foolish_gambit ICQ: 303276221 Website: www.fromthecrosstothethrone.com
