On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 4:52 PM, William M. Quarles <walrus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I don't currently use Wi-Fi on my desktop(s)... since I cabled my home with five gigabit-ethernet sockets per room. :-)
But when I did use Wi-Fi, I used cardbus cards hooked to pci-to-cardbus adapters.
Here's some:
Addonics ADPCICB2 - $49
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00023LTKK?ie=UTF8&tag=mnmsprst-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00023LTKK
And
D-Link A/G Wi-Fi Cardbus adapter - $11.78
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0001PFO3C?ie=UTF8&tag=mnmsprst-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0001PFO3C
Total: $60.78
This also gives you the flexibility of exchanging Wi-Fi cards when new standards arrive, or exchanging cards in case of trouble, without opening up the case.
(Cardbus cards are, for all intents and purposes, the same as PCI)
Of course, there's also USB Wi-Fi dongles but in my experience those don't match the range of cardbus cards (antenna design, or power limits, perhaps?).
FC
Does anybody know of a good desktop PCI wireless ethernet card that I can buy and use with Fedora 10? I bought a new OEM HP Atheros-based wireless card, but it conflicts with my Sigma Designs REALMagic Hollywood Plus DVD/MPEG-2 decoder card, both in Windows XP Pro and in Fedora 10. Also, since I am trying to do a dual-boot setup, I couldn't get good drivers for Windows XP for the card. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
William
I don't currently use Wi-Fi on my desktop(s)... since I cabled my home with five gigabit-ethernet sockets per room. :-)
But when I did use Wi-Fi, I used cardbus cards hooked to pci-to-cardbus adapters.
Here's some:
Addonics ADPCICB2 - $49
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00023LTKK?ie=UTF8&tag=mnmsprst-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00023LTKK
And
D-Link A/G Wi-Fi Cardbus adapter - $11.78
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0001PFO3C?ie=UTF8&tag=mnmsprst-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0001PFO3C
Total: $60.78
This also gives you the flexibility of exchanging Wi-Fi cards when new standards arrive, or exchanging cards in case of trouble, without opening up the case.
(Cardbus cards are, for all intents and purposes, the same as PCI)
Of course, there's also USB Wi-Fi dongles but in my experience those don't match the range of cardbus cards (antenna design, or power limits, perhaps?).
FC
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