> Message: 3 > Date: 01 Nov 2003 20:52:27 +0800 > From: Holden Hao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Btw, are you related by any chance to a certain Rodney Hao who taught computer science at Ateneo de Davao? Just a thought, cuz he was one of my teachers during my undergrad days. > > This happened not once to me, but twice. The first time, I bought a > > linksys WMP11 which the linux-wlan project (which supports prism > > chipsets) said was supported well under linux. I missed learning that > > the latest hardware revision of the WMP11 used a different chipset other > > than prism. It was a good thing that pc express allowed me to exchange > > it with another product. > > IIRC, they now use Broadcomm chipsets. > Yes, which is a sad thing actually because I remember reading somewhere that prism chipsets are supposedly superior in design to broadcomm chipsets (not taking to account that there isn't broadcomm support in linux yet)...but then again, I think that same source mentioned that linksys prism-based wifi products have less reception sensitivity compared to those from rival manufacturers. > It is useless to ask for brand names. What I usually do is find out > what chipset a particular card uses and surf the Net to find out if it > is supported. A phone call to the store asking for the chipset being > used by a product usually helps. > > Holden > Speaking of which, I think I'll give Linksys a call tommorow. A good thing they have an office based here. -Paul Patrick Prantilla -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
