On Sat, 22 Feb 2003, Roger Oberholtzer wrote: > I was just looking at a d-link dwl-614+ router for home. Of course I will > need PCI and PC-CARD cards for the computers, and was considering the > d-link dwl-650+ and dwl-520+. I am only just exploring the linux ng > drivers. Any warnings here? (Hell, there may not be drivers, for all I > know.)
Following this link (and others ) that Mr. Net Llama provided http://groups.google.com/groups?q=wmp11+broadcom+group:*linux*&hl=en&lr=lang_en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=pan.2002.11.23.01.53.28.594470%40tmitt.com&rnum=9 the dwl-520+ is not supported. > > On Sat, 22 Feb 2003 09:34:06 -0800 > "Net Llama!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 02/22/03 01:49, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > After the comments on the list and seeing that the suport section of > > > linksys's website listed a linux driver package for the card, I went > > > out today and purchased a Linksys WMP11 (802.11b wireless pci card). > > > > > > Upon inserting it into my machine, I discovered that I had basically a > > > different card then the support section of the linksys website > > > indicated. This card (version 2.7) now has a broadcom chipset, for > > > which linux support seems nonexistant at this point. > > > > > > I just fired off a somewhat angry email to the company (I had a bad > > > experience with one of their ethernet adaptors a couple of years back, > > > which listed linux support on the box but refused to work with the > > > drivers included on disc in the box or any other available drivers). > > > Hopefully I'll meet with success in returning the card. > > > > > > Annoyingly, only this card and a DLink card (for which drivers were > > > supposed to be released a few months ago but haven't appeared) seem to > > > be locally obtainable (I haven't got a credit card, which makes online > > > shopping somewhat akward). > > > > > > David Aikema > > > > Yea, the trial of tears is quite long on this one: > > http://groups.google.com/groups?as_q=wmp11%20broadcom&safe=images&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&as_ugroup=*linux*&lr=lang_en&num=30&hl=en > > > > i'm not sure where you live, but i do know that there are other options > > besides the orinoco chipset based cards. Cisco's aironet cards work > > quite well under linux (i use them). > > > > you have no credit card? eeek, that's gotta make life rough. > > > > -- > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > L. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo: http://netllama.ipfox.com > > > > 9:30am up 39 days, 16:55, 1 user, load average: 0.12, 0.15, 0.35 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Linux-users mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> > > http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > > > > > _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
