>>Just go with the Orinoco Gold cards. They just work, and no chipset >>wrangling. That's _true_!! Over here in M'sia, they're selling it for ~RM230 which is ~USD60. Quite Steep price.. NO headache though.. Cheers, .^. Mun Heng, Ow /V\ H/M Engineering /( )\ Western Digital M'sia ^^-^^ DID : 03-7870 5168 The Linux Advocate -----Original Message----- From: Bill Anderson [mailto:bill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 7:34 PM To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: 802.11b Wireless PCMCIA Card Reccomendation Wanted On Sun, 2003-10-05 at 20:21, Robert L Cochran wrote: > I know you suggested the Netgear card a while back, but I'm having a > tough time finding it in stores now, and I also read that Netgear > changed the chipset it uses for a similar card. I can't be sure whether > it is the MA401 or the MA511. > > Several times I've come close to buying the Netgear WG511 or WG511T, but > I'm not sure what chipsets they use. What I ended up doing was buying an > SMC2835W, which is a 54 Mbps card using the Intersil 3890 chipset. I > found a driver for this, and I'm trying to install that on a Fedora Core > /test2 machine. Having difficulty with it. I think one problem might be > that I incorrectly set up a WEP key when I shouldn't have. Just go with the Orinoco Gold cards. They just work, and no chipset wrangling. -- Bill Anderson RHCE #807302597505773 bill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list