From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Dwaks-0000fY-VN for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 24 Jul 2005 07:18:35 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j6O7Gwup018116; Sun, 24 Jul 2005 07:16:58 GMT Received: from rproxy.gmail.com (rproxy.gmail.com [64.233.170.207]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j6O7CMbf000084 for ; Sun, 24 Jul 2005 07:12:23 GMT Received: by rproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id a41so206766rng for ; Sun, 24 Jul 2005 00:13:09 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:content-type:message-id:content-transfer-encoding:subject:date:to:x-mailer:from; b=bTsuLnbQHLuDVPilKVLf/kjgD8CteN+OAwIH44q8EeFWkIUIGUML7H3zIpY8mzgprGPu8jw4AIBGe7LnBhBgzTzZpa1ElpvqIq9goRVwsYgie8d0S6fAErSVedrh8OMGK5kEfxy/WOPzuBFeymzF1eTxPrvkckfJj5Lqkk0BYsI= Received: by 10.38.10.37 with SMTP id 37mr992968rnj; Sun, 24 Jul 2005 00:13:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.0.10? ([4.245.227.88]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id k22sm3532423rnb.2005.07.24.00.13.08; Sun, 24 Jul 2005 00:13:09 -0700 (PDT) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v733) In-Reply-To: <976cb44f050723235442e7b690@mail.gmail.com> References: <42E2E58B.6090709@yahoo.ca> <976cb44f050723235442e7b690@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Recommend me a good PCMCIA wireless network card Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 03:13:02 -0400 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.733) From: Colin X-Archives-Salt: 8059d988-14a1-40c1-8dd9-9a00178e4422 X-Archives-Hash: ade99fb189823148dd92278f56e5c722 On Jul 24, 2005, at 2:54 AM, Greg Bur wrote: > On 7/23/05, Ian K wrote: > >> Hi there, >> I have an older laptop that I want to add to my network, >> (its a 802.11B one) and I was wondering what brands/models >> would work the best under Linux. Im fairly flexible, and would >> really not like to tinker with too many drivers. Any good ideas? >> Thanks! >> > > I've always had good luck with cards that use the Orinoco chipset and > the only time I've had to tinder with drivers was when I wanted to get > Kismet working with the card. You should be able to pick one up for > under $50. Check out http://www.proxim.com or > http://www.buffalotech.com for more details. Just remember, if the laptop isn't going too far, a good length of Ye Olde Cat5e is a much cheaper solution. That being said... Yeah, I picked up a great Orinoco (branded as Enterasys) at Rokland.com last month for roughly $50. Atheros chipset, 802.11a/ SuperA/b/b+/g/SuperG... very nice. It works in Windows (with the driver CD), Mac OS X (with the shareware OrangeWare driver--totally worth the $15 shareware fee) and, naturally, Linux (with MADWIFI). It picks up Channels 1 through 14, and can put out up to 100 mW of power (40 mW on A networks). There's no antenna jack, though, but I hear most PCMCIA Orinocoes can be modded to include some kind of external jack; I'm not that desperate for power, but with dial-up at home, I might do that mod and build a yagi antenna, get in my car, and... well, you get the idea. :-) Still haven't had any luck with KisMAC (the OS X port of Kismet), though. It finds my card but doesn't detect my wireless network... I'll figure it out eventually. -- Colin -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list