Re: [Trisquel-users] Cheap Wifi Card - Works Great.

[chris]

As I said I don't know for sure. I do know that there are at least two  
revisions of the v2 card. They could both have the same chipset or there many  
be multiple chipsets even for each revision. What it comes down to is the  
version number itself isn't a reliable way to determine the chipset. If you  
have a small batch of cards from the same supplier chances are the chipsets  
are all the same. However they can change at any moment so a card you got  
from a supplier last week might not be the same card even though the models  
are the same. If you got 1000 cards it may be half of them have a different  
chipset. Getting things in small batches works best or having a contractual  
agreement of some kind in the event the chipsets change. Or if you can get  
them to test every so many cards.. that works too.

At the same time all the above is going on you can have a single card being  
sold under multiple brands. An Zioc USB wifi card might be made by Ion for  
instance and Ion may have an identical card being sold under its own name  
too. Each is packaged differently with a different model number where one  
exists. The Zioc USB wifi card might have different manufacturers too though  
for the card you think is the same. It all gets very confusing very fast.