[oclug]Linux wireless hardware? where to find.

[mbush at rogers.com]

> 
> From: Greg Franks <rgfranks at alumni.uwaterloo.ca>
> Date: 2003/01/27 Mon AM 06:59:27 EST
> To: oclug at lists.oclug.on.ca
> Subject: Re: [oclug]Linux wireless hardware? where to find.
> 
> >>>>> "Ross" == Ross Jordan <rjordan at student.math.uwaterloo.ca> writes:
>     Ross> There are very few truly PCI wireless cards. I've only heard
>     Ross> of one. The vast majority, i.e. 90%+ are PCMCIA (The other
>     Ross> 10% are USB). So the normal way one gets the PCMCIA card to
>     Ross> work in a desktop machine is using a PCI to PCMCIA
>     Ross> adapter. ...
> 
> Yuck...
> 
> I have a linksys WAP-11 card which is at most 6 mo old which I got at
> futileshop.  It's a PCI card.  There's no need for this PCMCIA crap.
> 
> See http://linux-wlan.com/ for one set of drivers (well supported).
> You _will_ have to compile from source (gack!).
> 
> The ornico (?) drivers work too.
> 
 
Consider your self lucky, becuase your card has a supported chipset, the new ones(Post 9/2002) don't.

I ended up purchasing a Dlink DWL-500 ( The pcmcia card and pci bridge) for $69. I was under the impression that it was only the bridge, but infact it was both bridge and pc card. 

Compiling = gack!? how so?. All real men compile. ;)


Mike.

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