[ale] Wirless NIC Advice

[Kilroy, Chris]

I snagged a new Lucent Orinoco Gold card for $45 on ebay.  You can buy them for as cheap as $57 or so from a "real" online store.   I have only used it with my wife's laptop (WinXP), so i cant comment on how well it works under Linux, but speaking on the hardware front, it is awesome.

I've heard nothing but good things about it.  More detailed infoz here:
http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Orinoco.html




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->I'm building a laptap (old Dell Pentium III 500 MHz something 
->or other) and purchasing a wireless NIC PC card for it.  I'll 
->probably try to install SuSE Linux on it (because I've had 
->good luck with SuSE installs in the past).  I'm looking at a 
->Netgear (good luck with Netgear and Linsys equipment in the 
->past and this is the cheapest) MA521 (802.11b) ($45) and was 
->wondering if anyone knows:
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->1) Will I have driver issues?
->2) Is there a better (cheaper/reliable) deal?
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->Thanks,
->John Marasco
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