Does anyone know if the Liniksys USB adapter is supported under Linux ? If so it seems to be a good and cheap solution for a Prism2 based card with external antenna connector.
Mark On Mon, 3 Jun 2002 07:18:23 -0400 "Jon from Nova Wireless" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > punching that little plastic piece out will do just fine. > the usb linksys adapter can take an external antenna if you are willing to > dismantle a bit. > it comes apart pretty easy and reveals an MMCX connector similiar to cisco > connector. > I'm not eactly positive if it's polarized or not, I've only done it once. I > think it is. > if you buy the MMCX connector with the right angle connector you will not > need to drill any holes in any plastic, but drilling works fine too and > makes the pigtail removable if you need that. > I've found this to be pretty handy and a cheap cutomer premise solution. > > good luck with the orinoco card, > I've had small problems with drivers for the old silver cards, > once I installed the most recent drivers, I was fine, but the client manager > and windows didn't tell me anything was wrong in the first place. > again good luck. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Enrique LaRoche" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Jim Aspinwall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 3:09 AM > Subject: RE: [BAWUG] Orinoco Gold talking to LinkSys WAP11 - ?? > > > > I just got an Orinoco gold card and set it up fine on win 98. > > I got really stupid on my Windows 2000 install. > > I did read the little insert on win 2k but somehow i didn't let the > install > > complete and wound up with the bad driver install in win2k. > > I still havent figured out how to reverse this mess. > > > > I have tried the WPC11 the Compaq wl100 the Linksys USB adapter and the > > Orinoco they all work fine on two different WAP11's. > > > > The USB client software from Linksys has a site survey similar to the > > Orinoco card but neither the wpc11 or the Compaq have this feature. > > > > The other differences are the only adapter of this bunch with an external > > antenna connector is the Orinoco, and it seems to have a plastic plug > stuck > > into it. > > I'm a little afraid to just punch it out, any suggestions? > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jim Aspinwall > > Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2002 9:28 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [BAWUG] Orinoco Gold talking to LinkSys WAP11 - ?? > > > > > > > > Experimenting with a couple of cards and APs. > > > > WPC11 works with WAP11 just fine. > > > > Same channel, SSID/ESSID same/discovered OK. > > > > Orinico card 'sees' and apparently 'connects' to WAP11 but unable to PING, > > etc. > > > > Same PC/laptop - Windows XP. > > > > What am I missing? > > > > > > ======================================================== > > Jim Aspinwall - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "lack of information is a dangerous thing" > > Proudly supporting Kathy Aspinwall > > SF Avon Breast Cancer 3-day Walker # 2867 > > Donate at Kathy's 3-day homepage: > > http://homepage.bethepeople.com/display/mp_page.php?page_id=321 > > ======================================================== > > > > -- > > general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> > > [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > > -- > > general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> > > [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > -- > general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> > [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
