On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 06:19:56PM +0100, RafaÅ MiÅecki wrote: > W dniu 27 stycznia 2011 17:48 uÅytkownik Brian Prodoehl > <bprodoehl@xxxxxxxxx> napisaÅ: > > 2011/1/27 RafaÅ MiÅecki <zajec5@xxxxxxxxx>: > >> I've received mini PCIe adapter to PCIe x1 slot to test notebook cards > >> inserted into PC. ÂUnfortunately after inserting my Broadcom card to > >> it, it is not detected in "lspci" at all. > >> > >> My WiFi card used to work in "native" slot inside notebook. So if > >> anything is broken, that would be PCIe x1 slot on motherboard or > >> adapter itself. I've tested V and GND pins in my PCIe x1 slot, all > >> work fine. I'll try get some other WiFi cards, to test my adapter > >> tomorrow. > >> > >> However, maybe you have heard about some problems with such a > >> adapters? Can there be sth preventing my card from being detected, > >> visible? > >> > >> -- > >> RafaÅ > > > > I haven't tested that sort of thing with PCI-Express, but I had bad > > results with Atheros AR5414-based modules in Mini-PCI to PCI adapters > > like this: > > > > http://www.dealextreme.com/p/mini-pci-to-pci-adapter-with-antenna-9307 > > > > The system either wouldn't boot, or it would boot and the wireless > > card wouldn't show up in lspci, so I gave up on it. > > That are not good news :( > > What I've bought is following adapter: > http://allegro.pl/adapter-wifi-mini-pci-e-na-pci-e-3-anteny-kp13-i1429732145.html I'm using adapters form http://www.hwtools.net/ , they work pretty well for me, but they are also quite expensive. Stanislaw -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
