[ILUG] Laptop wireless card

[Rob Gallagher]

Hello,

You should check out the atheros chipset cards - they are very well
supported by the madwifi project:
http://madwifi.org/

rg

On 5/11/06, Chris Woods <woods.mc at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> Personally I'd go for a PCMCIA card, more for the physical practicalities
> than anything else. I had a USB 802.11g dongle which was great until I
> dropped the laptop, it landed on the usb dongle and buggered it. - I'm
> hoping my replacement PCMCIA card is better.
>
> That, and I'm hoping I'll not drop my laptop so often. :-)
>
> Chris.
>
> On 5/11/06, David <david.jamison1 at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > Ive acquired a Compaq Presario 700 laptop (This is running FC5) which I
> > need a wireless card for.
> >
> > My friends on ebay just-deals ( http://stores.ebay.co.uk/justdeals-uk )
> > have a heap of them but Im not sure which is which.
> >
> > The network access point is a Netgear WG 602 v2 which I THINK is 802.11g
> .
> >
> >
> > Current offerings are
> >
> > Netgear WG111 802.11g USB Wireless WiFi Network Adapter
> > Netgear MA521 802.11b Wireless PCMCIA Laptop PC Card
> > NETGEAR WAB501 802.11A & 802.11B Wireless Notebook Card
> > Netgear WPN511 RangeMax Wireless 802.11g Notebook Card
> >
> > Am I best going for an 802.11G specific card?
> > Any views on the card versus the USB key.  The presario is USB1 and I
> > have no preference over card or usb as I will not be using any other
> > perpherals with the pc
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > D
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