[ale] Wirless NIC Advice

[Hogg, Russell E]

 
 
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size=2>Orinocco Gold works right out of the red hat box...
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size=2>beautifully in fact..
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-----Original Message-----From: Kilroy, 
Chris [mailto:Chris.Kilroy at turner.com] Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 
2:14 PMTo: 'ale at ale.org'Subject: RE: [ale] Wirless NIC 
Advice

  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: <A 
  href="http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Orinoco.html" 
  target=_blank>http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Orinoco.html 
  
  -> -> <FONT 
  size=2>->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 <FONT 
  size=2>->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: 
  -> ->1) Will I have driver 
  issues? ->2) Is there a better (cheaper/reliable) 
  deal? -> <FONT 
  size=2>->Thanks, ->John Marasco <FONT 
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