[NTLUG:Discuss] WiFi and Linux

[MadHat]

On Wed, 2003-05-21 at 14:12, David A Venable wrote:
> I have been having an extremely hard time utilizing 802.11b with my 
> laptop. I am currently running Redhat 9 and using a Linksys WPC11v3 PCMCIA 
> card associating with a Linksys WAP11. All of my firmware is up todate and 
> the card is setup and makes a good connection to the network. My problem 
> seems to be widespread with this particular card as I have found when 
> searching for my problem using Google. When transfering any significant 
> ammount of data in a short timeframe (Mostly file transfers, FTP, SAMBA, 
> etc.), the card locks up and has to be re-inserted to regain connectivity. 
> I was hoping to get the group's collective opinion on PCMCIA 802.11b cards 
> that play nice with Linux.

I have never had issues with Linksys or Orinoco cards.  I have been
using them for a couple of years now.  I have a Compaq HNW-100 I use for
sniffing and seems to work ok (still Prism2 chipset).  I have not had
the problems you describe.  Part of the issue may not be the PCMCIA
card, but the PCMCIA bridge drivers.

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