Thank you very much Karthik. The problem is that I have not way to determine if the card is a, b or g. It only says 802.11. I think I will give it a shot an buy it anyway. It is an auction for about $15 so why not. If it is g then I have more options.
I have a Linksys WPC11 but it was a nightmare to get the module to work. In fact I had to change distribution because a person claimed that it worked well with Debian and Redhat. I tried Slackware, Gentoo and Mandrake with no luck. I also tried a few kernels and nothing. Finally I settled with 2.4.19 on Debian. This was ok since it was an old laptop. I recently got me a new Laptop, still old but newer :-) I would prefer to use my distribution of preference, Gentoo. So I have decided to purchase a new card that is guaranteed to work. I think the problem with gentoo might be the optiomization settings. This one might do the trick I hope. It is cheap anyway. I did learn this in the process. Cisco has great support for linux and Linksys does not. I was looking at a Cisco card also but those are over $60. If this does not work I will go with that one to give them some support. take care, Alvaro Zuniga On Fri, 2004-05-14 at 10:06, Karthik Poobalasubramanian wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Fri, 14 May 2004, Alvaro Zuniga wrote: > > > Hello everyone: > > I have a question about the Aviator 2.4 Wireles Network PCMCIA. All I > > know about this card is the name above, that it is supported by the > > Linux Kernel and that it works on 802.11 networks. > > > > I have Linksys Wireless-B router that came with a WPC11 V4 PCMCIA card. > > This card supports 802.11b networks. My question is would the Aviator > > card work with this router? When they say that it is compatible with > > 802.11 does this mean that it can use 802.11a, b or g although for what > > I have read g mignth not be compatible with a and b. > > > > Well, both 802.11b and g work at the same frequency - 2.4 GHz so 802.11g > is backward compatible with 802.11b. I think 802.11g was drafted as an > extension to 802.11b. But 802.11a works at 5GHz so is not compatible > with 802.11g or 802.11b. > > I am not sure if you Aviator 2.4 PC card is g or a. A 802.11g pc card > will work with a 802.11b access point but the data rate will fall back > to 11Mbps. It will work the other way around too, a 802.11b pc card > with a 802.11g access point. > > 802.11a would not be as popular as 802.11b/g but from what I have read > 802.11a is better because of less RF-interference from other devices. > The 2.4GHz has a problem because other devices like cordless phones also > work at the same frequency. > > > - -- > Karthik Poobalasubramanian > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFApOB5q2REVCUrZC4RAuxlAKCELT4prsbUqay15rXglUPS/ibHqACfaWTD > FynIWds2In5AauRChhe/IWw= > =UpVU > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
