On Jul 24, 2005, at 2:54 AM, Greg Bur wrote:
On 7/23/05, Ian K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi there,
I have an older laptop that I want to add to my network,
(its a 802.11B one) and I was wondering what brands/models
would work the best under Linux. Im fairly flexible, and would
really not like to tinker with too many drivers. Any good ideas?
Thanks!
I've always had good luck with cards that use the Orinoco chipset and
the only time I've had to tinder with drivers was when I wanted to get
Kismet working with the card. You should be able to pick one up for
under $50. Check out http://www.proxim.com or
http://www.buffalotech.com for more details.
Just remember, if the laptop isn't going too far, a good length of Ye
Olde Cat5e is a much cheaper solution. That being said...
Yeah, I picked up a great Orinoco (branded as Enterasys) at
Rokland.com last month for roughly $50. Atheros chipset, 802.11a/
SuperA/b/b+/g/SuperG... very nice. It works in Windows (with the
driver CD), Mac OS X (with the shareware OrangeWare driver--totally
worth the $15 shareware fee) and, naturally, Linux (with MADWIFI).
It picks up Channels 1 through 14, and can put out up to 100 mW of
power (40 mW on A networks).
There's no antenna jack, though, but I hear most PCMCIA Orinocoes can
be modded to include some kind of external jack; I'm not that
desperate for power, but with dial-up at home, I might do that mod
and build a yagi antenna, get in my car, and... well, you get the
idea. :-)
Still haven't had any luck with KisMAC (the OS X port of Kismet),
though. It finds my card but doesn't detect my wireless network...
I'll figure it out eventually.
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Colin
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