I was thinking of the Linksys, since it "theoretically" uses the same chipset as my PCMCIA card. So I'm thinking it would be supported.
Thoughts? On Fri, 2003-06-27 at 09:18, Lee wrote: > Roy Vestal wrote: > > I am wanting to add a desktop to my network. I have wireless and I don't > > want to run a wire. Has anyone had experience with Wireless PCI cards > > under linux? Any recommendations? > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TriLUG mailing list > > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > > TriLUG Organizational FAQ: > > http://www.trilug.org/faq/TriLUG-faq.html > > > Roy, > Some recommed a pci-pcmcia bridge so that you can use the card > elsewhere, but I recommend against a pci-pcmcia bridge just because I > find pcmcia to be a serious pain in the toosh (though that may be due to > my choice of distro :-) > > I can tell you what to watch out for... Stay away from D-Link (unless > you can find a really old version) and anything that claims 22mbs, as > these use the unsupported TI chipsets. Also stay away from netgear > (again, unless you can find an old one) as these use the unsupported > broadcom chips. > > The only one that I can recommend with a fair amount of certainty is > belkin, not because they have a better product, but because they are > still using supported (older) chipsets. > > I've recently heard some rumors that there may soon be 802.11g support > (in fact I think I heard it in #trilug yesterday) so you may want to > wait for that if possible. > > Another nice thing about true pci wireless (rather than a bridge) is > that in many cases the antenna can be replaced, which is a nice bonus if > you have your desktop under a metal desk. > > Good luck :-) > > -Lee > > _______________________________________________ > TriLUG mailing list > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ: > http://www.trilug.org/faq/TriLUG-faq.html > _______________________________________________ TriLUG mailing list http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ: http://www.trilug.org/faq/TriLUG-faq.html
