Ray Gwinn wrote about "Re: [leaf-wisp] Using Senao card (former using several...)":
> > Actually using > > three PCMCIA wireless cards (Prism, Orinoco etc) in the same PC is a > > bad idea as your performance will be very low, as these cards do not > > support DMA and driver spends a lot of CPU time copying data. So, even > > if you have a very fast machine, using all of the wireless cards > > simultaneously would consume 100% CPU. > > I think you have burst my bubble :-( I had hoped to run two pcmcia cards, and a > mini PCI > card on Soekris 4521s and networking several of them using Wisp-Dist. > > The above seems to indicate that I am expecting way too much from the hardware. Is > this correct? Depends on the network load you want to handle. If it will not exceed 1 mbps per card, then it might be ok. -- Best Regards, Vladimir Ivashchenko ThunderWorx - www.thunderworx.com Senior Systems Designer/Engineer ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net is sponsored by: Speed Start Your Linux Apps Now. Build and deploy apps & Web services for Linux with a free DVD software kit from IBM. Click Now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1356&alloc_id=3438&op=click _______________________________________________ leaf-wisp-dist mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-wisp-dist
