[plug] Wireless recommendations

[Craig Foster]

Stephen Boak wrote:
> Hi All
> 
> I'm lookin to buy a couple of wireless network cards to experiment
> with while  I am in Perth (that is I want to buy them here, not play
> with them here), so I am asking for recommendations of what people
> are using. There seems to be qite a large range available, every shop
> selling a different brand :)
> 
> PLE are selling what they call 'WNET Generic' 802.11b cards - I have
> not had time to call them about details yet so don't know if they are
> suitable. Their website gives no details or links. I really like the
> look of the Belkin 54g pcmcia/pci cards, but they are aparently
> unsupported as yet under Linux.
> D-Link seem to be a good bet.
> 
> I have searched the plug archives, and was suprised this has not come
> up as a subject before, or is the search broken? It did take nearly 8
> minutes to do the search.
> 
> Ta
> 
> Steve

We only use Orrinoco or NetGear cards. The MA521 use the Prism2.5 chip.
For testing, take a Knoppix 3.2 CD in and see if they can plug it into a
"spare" notebook.

Craig F.
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