Linux PCI 802.11b wireless card support (?)

Bill Horne bill at horne.net
Fri Jun 20 16:30:50 EDT 2003


dsr at tao.merseine.nu wrote:

>On Fri, Jun 20, 2003 at 03:31:44PM -0400, Rob Taylor wrote:
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>>So, what have You used (card + driver) to wireless connect desktop Linux
>>boxes that performs well ? Thanks for any pointers/refs to relevant
>>info/tips.
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>Cisco Aironet and the Orinoco cards work really well. Apart from those,
>I can't really recommend anything.
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>For PCI-PCMCIA, use any adapter that features an OHCI or UHCI chip, and
>you should be fine.
>
>-dsr-
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While we're on the subject: since the 802.11g standard has been 
approved, I wonder if I should wait to go wireless until 802.11g is 
widely available. In other words, is the extra security worth the price?

TIA.

Bill Horne





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