[TriLUG] Re: PCI Wireless card

[Roy Vestal]

I thought about this, since I have 2 laptops. However, I'd prefer to be
able to have both laptops AND this desktop on at the same time, since
I'm going to backup the laptops to the machine.

On Thu, 2003-06-26 at 22:59, James Manning wrote:
> 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 :)