[conspire] MIMO wireless cards cheap at Fry's

[Daniel Gimpelevich]

I did my own search, and this turned up, worth a read for anybody
considering getting MIMO at this point in time:

http://seclists.org/lists/security-basics/2005/Nov/0333.html

The canonical centralized database of wireless chipsets now appears to be:

http://linux-wless.passys.nl/

That led me to this page:

http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/wiki/index.php/Vendors

Mission accomplished: Airlink MIMO chipset identified.

On Sun, 11 Dec 2005 14:21:04 -0800, Tony Godshall wrote:

> 
> Hi, folks.  
> 
> Anyone tried the Airlink MIMO routers and cards available 
> at Fry's for $30 and $20 yet?  (today's adverts).
> 
> Obviously the router/AP would work, but I'm wondering what the 
> chipsets are and what the chipsets in the cards are and what 
> the Linux support is.  
> 
> Did a quick google search but didn't find anything by brand.
> But that's not surprising- it's the chipset that counts and
> the Fry's ads don't mention that (surprise, surprise).
> 
> Airlinks have been a good bargain for me in the past (worked 
> well enough and cheap).  Looks like the sale's good till
> Tues, so I may check them out.  Price looks worth the drive.
> 
> Anyone know if the higher-speed cards (802.11g and MIMO) do 
> better in the latency department than the old ones did (ssh 
> over early 802.11b chipsets was painful).
> 
> Tempted by the 60GB mp3/mpeg4 player too- I shouldn't. ;-)
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> Tony