From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QhRUQ-0003tr-ST for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 19:22:27 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C9B6C21C125; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 19:20:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nm5-vm3.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com (nm5-vm3.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com [98.138.91.135]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 83D2721C125 for ; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 19:20:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [98.138.90.54] by nm5.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 14 Jul 2011 19:20:38 -0000 Received: from [98.138.89.194] by tm7.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 14 Jul 2011 19:20:38 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1052.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 14 Jul 2011 19:20:38 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 530768.39802.bm@omp1052.mail.ne1.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 6574 invoked by uid 60001); 14 Jul 2011 19:20:38 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1310671238; bh=kWinAjQ50go2Sl9yFyuqdAd5Ngm8ES8gdzqv6dp8mWA=; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:References:Message-ID:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=LLQM6g47c84MdsDrQUNKuyChnH3Hulhv+/2AKyyYogJJHq1yKE5wtD9aBopWg5ug1J34U0bTJq7bWzt673qI3kW349dsEzHwTYPR9/z36Ykqbc/SzS6JBpu/qXCpXub70CJVWU4OPmg4fixM413UW0E6VHmx7H/h2wyATJnRDxY= DomainKey-Signature:a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:References:Message-ID:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=slpcfDKpTcE+cZjuucXRkqsqb80am09FlVhAnKDIvR5JLUVIvhg/YEq/5574C8YO4hOiYEGfiVrKv81onnJa41yGA7TFDYPeyMkHMHphIRBwg/p6OZcMy7M5IsSptWnjzm+n3ezQ6mYnibVuxwNZCA8WUar2FIBBSZPtKS+gF3s=; X-YMail-OSG: w7VVeZgVM1lxCIhVCVd7vXfby7WwzxhkhUx4WV.iKuf7Uu1 YzyFRT6ItLvKOKPT45fV_REfPCrgX7QuOGFmKzX3f.9MNd0lwXIH6io3RN0Z Dbg.gglAgm_nhTGIRAoZMdZKuaL87N8bgMyy0z.9F46DE3HV91xMmZJEgyiq zCH22fj5ddnuWm1lhxub.iLQ8LmWW60ErwmTuA_CMoi3uGqKtxItNTYod6.B 9rXWAAKof7iGHAA4aujqFEb1q.wh7gxhtRM6fzo14hQUjVdOVYUcCa54GoVb znAeI65YabyyH6cdPTVTh824tYW1H7_mMIITLFSM_iMsr3ZbIzdiFzt66EP4 P0YrQcFblnPooI3FIKwWzoCkG06_0sWcgfJ6c9JK16H1.0OXHEhKJPmOU5Al nMn4A5MjhrPL2 Received: from [98.122.58.217] by web39314.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:20:38 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailRC/572 YahooMailWebService/0.8.112.307740 References: <1310661769.99719.YahooMailRC@web39306.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20110714181025.4e938a21@digimed.co.uk> Message-ID: <1310671238.98270.YahooMailRC@web39314.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:20:38 -0700 (PDT) From: BRM Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless N PCMCIA/CardBus Recommendations... To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <20110714181025.4e938a21@digimed.co.uk> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: febaaf7fe8b8d203ce2f75ec0eebfe75 ----- Original Message ---- > From: Neil Bothwick > On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 09:42:49 -0700 (PDT), BRM wrote: > > > While I am at it, I am also considering getting a new wireless card for > > my D600 laptop to at least augment the internal b43-legacy supported > > Broadcom 43xx card that generally works, but is also a pain to keep > > working. > > [snip] > > > So that leaves me with using one of the open PCMCIA card slots. I have > > two wired PCMCIA adapters, useful mostly for multi-network and > > diagnostics; so the slots are open. > > What format is the internal card? If it's mini-PCI, a standard Intel card > may be a better choice. Yes, I believe it's mini-PCI - two slots; only one used that I'm aware of. Ok, for 802.11a/b/g; not sure how well it would be for 802.11n. Ben