[ale] 802.11B PCI Card?

[Hogg, Russell E]

If your using a desktop a lot of people just go with the USB to wirless adapters.


They're usually cheaper and easier than finding a PCI card and having a length of wire lets you get the antenna up high and way from the back of your machine.

Now finding one in linux.  That might be another story.


Russ





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-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Angeli [mailto:webmaster at tinyminds.org] 
To: ale at ale.org
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 11:02 AM
To: ale at ale.org
Subject: RE: [ale] 802.11B PCI Card?


What distro are you running?


Slackware 9.0 booted the wp11 no problems at all default, and I was on the
network easier than with Windows.


I'd stick with the wp11.


-----Original Message-----
From: ale-admin at ale.org [mailto:ale-admin at ale.org]On Behalf Of BruceG
To: ale at ale.org
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 1:43 PM
To: ale at ale.org
Subject: [ale] 802.11B PCI Card?



Darn guys, we are way off topic and all this virtual hollering is giving me
a
headache! So - off to topicville!


Can you guys recommend a good 802.11B PCI card that works with Linux?
Hopefully something carried locally, but if not - that's fine, too. I gave
up
on the 802.11G madwifi thing. Seems a little advanced for me at this point,
plus I tested my wife's 802.11G Laptop (WindowsXP) where my desktop is. I
only got a 2MBPS connection - so going for the 802.11G standard doesn't make
a lot of sense. I tried rebuilding my kernel twice, but am not skilled
enough
to do that yet.


I also tried the Linksys 802.11B Game Adapter. It takes an Ethernet
connection
in, and does a very low-end bridge. Unfortunately, it also dropped
connections and I had to power-cycle it too many times. I don't think the
WET11 bridge would drop connections, but don't know if I'm willing to pay
for
a WET11 bridge.


Finally, I tried the Linksys WMP11 card. I read that the WMP11 is supported,
so popped it in - tested under Windows, booted into Linux - and no joy. The
card is version 2.7, which uses the Broadcom chip. The 2.5 version is
supported, 2.7 is not. Bummer. Plus this was the first card I purchased at
CompUSA. Previously I'd get hardware at Circuit City and Best Buy. They
liberal return policies. CompUSA charges a 15% opened box stocking fee. So
they're off my list.


Okay - that's a lot of words. Jist is:
   802.11B card
    - what model and version works well?
    - what vendor carries it locally (Marietta), and has a good return
policy?


(And why the wireless goofiness anyway? My church is using a WAP11, a WET11
bridge, and a few 802.11B pcmcia cards for connectivity. I often get called
to help out - and may at one point recommend a Linux solution for unlicensed
software that crashes too often. I'd like to be conversant and know what
works from experience)
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