[TriLUG] Re: PCI Wireless card

[Merle Watts]

I have a belkin F5D6020 pcmia and a belkin F5D6000 pci adapter in one of my
desktops.  works great with redhat and mandrake.  I've been having problems
getting it to work with windows.  From what I can tell, the card and adapter
have to be used together.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Manning" <jmm at sublogic.com>
To: <trilug at trilug.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 10:59 PM
Subject: [TriLUG] Re: PCI Wireless card


> > [Roy Vestal]
> > I am wanting to add a desktop to my network. I have wireless and I don't
> > want to run a wire. Has anyone had experience with Wireless PCI cards
> > under linux? Any recommendations?
>
> i used a pcmcia-pci bridge and an orinoco card a couple years back -
> worked fine except pcmcia wasn't SMP-happy so I had to run my BP6
> dual celery with a UP kernel, but otherwise worked like a champ.
> I've heard things are much better for SMP pcmcia these days, but I
> haven't had a need to try it out lately.
>
> I like pcmcia wireless cards and bridges mainly because I can take the
> card to a laptop if I choose to, whereas dedicated cards don't give
> that flexibility.  Not sure what the price comparisons are like these
> days, though :)
> -- 
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