Re: [gentoo-user] Recommend me a good PCMCIA wireless network card

2005-07-30 Thread Will Salt
On 24/07/05 18:06:51, Stroller wrote: On Jul 24, 2005, at 1:49 am, Ian K wrote: I have an older laptop that I want to add to my network, (its a 802.11B one) and I was wondering what brands/models would work the best under Linux. Im fairly flexible, and would really not like to tinker with too

Re: [gentoo-user] Recommend me a good PCMCIA wireless network card

2005-07-24 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 24 Jul 2005 18:00:27 +0100, Stroller wrote: > The Macintosh-compatible 802.11g card uses the same Broadcom chipset as > Apple's "Airport Extreme" products - I know, because I sold three of > these cards to another Mac-reseller last week. I believe that there are > no open-source drivers

Re: [gentoo-user] Recommend me a good PCMCIA wireless network card

2005-07-24 Thread Greg Bur
On 7/24/05, Stroller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jul 24, 2005, at 8:44 am, Greg Bur wrote: > > The Macintosh-compatible 802.11g card uses the same Broadcom chipset as > Apple's "Airport Extreme" products - I know, because I sold three of > these cards to another Mac-reseller last week. I b

Re: [gentoo-user] Recommend me a good PCMCIA wireless network card

2005-07-24 Thread Stroller
On Jul 24, 2005, at 6:11 pm, Stephan Grein wrote: This is not a comment on the 802.11b 11MBPS card that your link points to - for all I know that may use the excellently-supported Prism chipset. Get an Atheros or Prism54 based chipset, then all will be good. :) cheers. I'm not familiar with

Re: [gentoo-user] Recommend me a good PCMCIA wireless network card

2005-07-24 Thread Stephan Grein
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Stroller wrote: > > On Jul 24, 2005, at 8:44 am, Greg Bur wrote: > >> On 7/23/05, Ian K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> My other laptop has a nice atheros wireless card, very painless >>> to set up. I dont know what chipsets are on what cards, so >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Recommend me a good PCMCIA wireless network card

2005-07-24 Thread Stroller
On Jul 24, 2005, at 1:49 am, Ian K wrote: I have an older laptop that I want to add to my network, (its a 802.11B one) and I was wondering what brands/models would work the best under Linux. Im fairly flexible, and would really not like to tinker with too many drivers. Any good ideas? Current

Re: [gentoo-user] Recommend me a good PCMCIA wireless network card

2005-07-24 Thread Stroller
On Jul 24, 2005, at 8:44 am, Greg Bur wrote: On 7/23/05, Ian K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: My other laptop has a nice atheros wireless card, very painless to set up. I dont know what chipsets are on what cards, so perhaps you could give me a model name and brand? I really just want to be able t

Re: [gentoo-user] Recommend me a good PCMCIA wireless network card

2005-07-24 Thread Greg Bur
> Unfortunately, neither does anybody else on this list. This is because > manufacturers have a habit of changing chipsets without changing model > numbers. So lot #1234 can be atheros, while #1235 can be intersil, > #1236 can be, well you get the picture. > > The best is to buy from a store wit

Re: [gentoo-user] Recommend me a good PCMCIA wireless network card

2005-07-24 Thread Colin
On Jul 24, 2005, at 3:56 AM, Richard Fish wrote: Ian K wrote: My other laptop has a nice atheros wireless card, very painless to set up. I dont know what chipsets are on what cards, so perhaps you could give me a model name and brand? Unfortunately, neither does anybody else on this li

Re: [gentoo-user] Recommend me a good PCMCIA wireless network card

2005-07-24 Thread Richard Fish
Ian K wrote: My other laptop has a nice atheros wireless card, very painless to set up. I dont know what chipsets are on what cards, so perhaps you could give me a model name and brand? Unfortunately, neither does anybody else on this list. This is because manufacturers have a habit of chan

Re: [gentoo-user] Recommend me a good PCMCIA wireless network card

2005-07-24 Thread Greg Bur
On 7/23/05, Ian K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My other laptop has a nice atheros wireless card, very painless to set > up. I dont know what > chipsets are on what cards, so perhaps you could give me a model name > and brand? I really > just want to be able to goto futureshop and pick one up.. :) >

Re: [gentoo-user] Recommend me a good PCMCIA wireless network card

2005-07-24 Thread Greg Bur
> > Just remember, if the laptop isn't going too far, a good length of Ye > Olde Cat5e is a much cheaper solution. That being said... Changes the possible security implications too... > > > Yeah, I picked up a great Orinoco (branded as Enterasys) at > Rokland.com last month for roughly $50.

Re: [gentoo-user] Recommend me a good PCMCIA wireless network card

2005-07-24 Thread Ian K
Colin wrote: > > On Jul 24, 2005, at 2:54 AM, Greg Bur wrote: > >> On 7/23/05, Ian K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Hi there, >>> I have an older laptop that I want to add to my network, >>> (its a 802.11B one) and I was wondering what brands/models >>> would work the best under Linux. Im fairl

Re: [gentoo-user] Recommend me a good PCMCIA wireless network card

2005-07-24 Thread Ian K
Colin wrote: > > On Jul 24, 2005, at 2:54 AM, Greg Bur wrote: > >> On 7/23/05, Ian K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Hi there, >>> I have an older laptop that I want to add to my network, >>> (its a 802.11B one) and I was wondering what brands/models >>> would work the best under Linux. Im fairl

Re: [gentoo-user] Recommend me a good PCMCIA wireless network card

2005-07-24 Thread Colin
On Jul 24, 2005, at 2:54 AM, Greg Bur wrote: On 7/23/05, Ian K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi there, I have an older laptop that I want to add to my network, (its a 802.11B one) and I was wondering what brands/models would work the best under Linux. Im fairly flexible, and would really not lik

Re: [gentoo-user] Recommend me a good PCMCIA wireless network card

2005-07-23 Thread Greg Bur
On 7/23/05, Ian K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there, > I have an older laptop that I want to add to my network, > (its a 802.11B one) and I was wondering what brands/models > would work the best under Linux. Im fairly flexible, and would > really not like to tinker with too many drivers. Any go

[gentoo-user] Recommend me a good PCMCIA wireless network card

2005-07-23 Thread Ian K
Hi there, I have an older laptop that I want to add to my network, (its a 802.11B one) and I was wondering what brands/models would work the best under Linux. Im fairly flexible, and would really not like to tinker with too many drivers. Any good ideas? Thanks! begin:vcard fn:Ian K n:K;Ian email;in