[plug] WiFi card question

[Chris Griffin]

I am beginning to think that a wireless router with more than one
ethernet port (because I have three boxes on my computer room that I
run) would be the way to go. I just need to find one that has enough
ports, supports WPA and does not cost a fortune.
Thanks for the info and any further info/advice will be gratefully accepted.

Regards,
Chris G

On 7/8/06, William Kenworthy <billk at iinet.net.au> wrote:
> You can get pcmcia adaptors for the cards - adds to the cost.
> (e.g.,http://www.expansys.com.au/product.asp?code=PCD-RP-101CE)
>
> The alternative is to get an accesspoint and use that as a node - most
> can run either as an AP or a node.  Again, adds to the cost ...
>
> As I said previously, generally avoid the atheros stuff.  (Mine was a
> netgear W511T - crap, I also have an atheros based d-link DWL-G650+,
> causes hard lockups on the PCMCIA bus of some laptops, and is crap when
> it does work), however, a d-link access point using an atheros chipset
> (not sure which one, 54g tops) seems quite good - but then again I am
> not driving it with madwifi so it just works ...
>
> Best card was an older 802.11b orinoco silver card that had much longer
> range, and higher speeds at the extremities than either of the other two
> cards (in the same laptop!)
>
> Not sure I would use this, but here is an ipw2200 based pci card:
> http://www.passys.nl/tips/tip40_en.htm
>
> Also cards using the broadcom chipset seem good (perhaps better under
> ndiswrapper than the ipw2200 does using the OS drivers - faster speeds)
> - my wifes dell works great with ndiswrapper.  Also OS drivers for these
> cards are in the latest kernel which will make it easier to manage when
> they get stable.
>
> BillK
>
>
>
> On Fri, 2006-07-07 at 21:39 +0800, Chris Griffin wrote:
> > Hi Bill,
> >
> > trouble is I am running desktops not laptops. Any other ideas.
> > So far the only Atheros based cards I have found are all PC Card/PCMCIA.
> >
> > Chris G
> >
> > On 7/6/06, W.Kenworthy <billk at iinet.net.au> wrote:
> > > I was running an atheros card (pcmcia, netgear w311T I think) for about
> > > 12 months - give em a miss!  Lousy range, flaky madwifi drivers, strange
> > > interactions at times with wpa-supplicant.
> > >
> > > I am now using a ipw2200 based built in a sony vaio
> > >
> > > BillK
> > >
> > > On Thu, 2006-07-06 at 19:47 +0800, Chris Griffin wrote:
> > > > Hi Adrian,
> > > >
> > > > many thanks for the response. From what you have indicated I would
> > >
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