[oclug] wireless

Roger Messier en916 at ncf.ca
Mon Nov 17 17:23:59 EST 2003


On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 10:06:57 -0500 "Alex @ Avantel" <ahv at avantel.ca>
wrote:
> Paul Godin's article on networking in Monitor revived my interest in
> setting up wireless so I'm looking for info on what equipment to buy
> that works with linux (RH7.x) laptops (PCMCIA).  From reading the
> various HOWTOs it looks like D-link is a reasonable bet although my
> experience with their gear has never been very good.  Are there any
> other products that anyone has good experience with and where are they
> locally available in Ottawa?  

I have a Netgear MA401 and a D-Link DWL-650 (be careful because the
DWL-650+ is *not* supported). Both work great in Mandrake 9.1 (detected
during install) but couldn't get either working on RH7.3.

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