[NTLUG:Discuss] wireless cards

[MadHat]

On Nov 22, 2004, at 1:04 PM, Richard Strittmatter wrote:
> Another good one.. Prism 2.5 based
>
> SMC pn SMC2532W-B  only 802.11b, but 200mw power output. Also supports
> an external antenna if needed.

The Orinoco's of old (Classic Gold and Silver) also have a connector 
for external antenna's.



> Richard
> richard at mesh.net
>
>
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> Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 12:49 PM
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> Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] wireless cards
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> On Nov 22, 2004, at 9:05 AM, Scott Hollomon wrote:
>> On Saturday 20 November 2004 11:26 am, Stephen Davidson wrote:
>>> Terry Henderson wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 20:21:55 -0600, Stephen Davidson
>>>>
>>>> <gorky at freenet.carleton.ca> wrote:
>>>>> Terry Henderson wrote:
>>>>>> On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 13:30:33 -0600, David Evans
>>>>>> <david at bluelinetech.com>
>> wrote:
>>>>>>> Hello All
>>>>>>> who out there is using SuSE 9.0,9.1,9.2 and what brand of
>>>>>>> wireless network card that works
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ones that have prism chips
>>>>
>>>> See:
>>>> http://www.prism54.org/supported_cards.php
>>>
>>> I have been looking for info like this in one place for quite some
>>> time.  I know I am not the only one.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Steve
>>
>> I use the Orinoco Classic Gold card.  It is a no brainer on almost
>> every linux system I have tried (currently using SuSE 9.2).  I keep a
>> stack of them around (3 to be exact) just in case. Unfortunately it is
>
>> an 802.11b card.
>> I'd like to upgrade to g but I can't find anything that "just works".
>
> I use the Orinoco and recommend it as well.  Since my DSL is much 
> slower
> than my wireless already, I don't have any immediate need to upgrade to
> 802.11g.  And the Orinoco is the only card I have seen "just work" in
> SuSE, Mandrake, RedHat, and Fedora.  I have not installed Debian or
> Slack on notebooks lately... ;)
>
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