[conspire] Re: conspire Digest, Vol 29, Issue 14

[bruce coston]

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>    1. 802.11 blues (Peregrine)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 01:52:11 -0700
> From: "Peregrine" <wreaky at heavydrums.com>
> Subject: [conspire] 802.11 blues
> To: <conspire at linuxmafia.com>
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> Ah, what the hell. I'll throw this question out to
> the list:
> 
> 
> I need a PCMCIA wireless card that'll 'just work'
> with Linux. Anyone know
> where I can get one?
> 
> I bought a svelte Sony Vaio on Ebay. It's the
> PCG-5322 model (aka
> PCG-z505LEK). She's kinda slim on the brains and
> memory, but what a figure -
> 2.5 lbs - and cheap! It'll boot quite handily from
> the external USB CD/DVD
> drive. Knoppix finds and runs all the hardware. So
> does SuSe booting from
> the hard drive.
> 
> I'm having a bastard of a time trying to get
> wireless connectivity, however.
> I've found various lists of PCMCIA cards that are
> supposed to have chipsets
> that are compatible with the drivers built into
> recent kernels. I've
> purchased two so far. When I receive them they turn
> out to be a "version"
> with a different chipset. For instance, the last one
> I got was the Linksys
> WPC11. It's supposed to have a Prism chipset. I
> ripped it out of the mailing
> package, and even before I took the shrinkwrap off I
> saw the dreaded 'v4'
> appended to the model number. Ten seconds of
> Googling told me that the v4
> uses RealTek chips.
> 
> This is getting expensive, and I still can't get my
> Borg outfit going.
> 
> Squilp!
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 02:31:31 -0700
> From: Daniel Gimpelevich
> <daniel at gimpelevich.san-francisco.ca.us>
> Subject: Re: [conspire] 802.11 blues
> To: conspire at linuxmafia.com
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<pan.2005.10.23.09.31.29.421682 at gimpelevich.san-francisco.ca.us>
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> At this time, all versions of the Netgear WG511T use
> some form of the
> Atheros chipset. They are currently the best bet for
> CardBus (32bit) WLAN
> under Linux. There is no such thing as a 802.11g
> PCMCIA (16bit) card,
> although there are plenty of 802.11b ones.
> 
> On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 02:52:11 -0700, Peregrine wrote:
> 
> > Ah, what the hell. I'll throw this question out to
> the list:
> > 
> > 
> > I need a PCMCIA wireless card that'll 'just work'
> with Linux. Anyone know
> > where I can get one?
> > 
> > I bought a svelte Sony Vaio on Ebay. It's the
> PCG-5322 model (aka
> > PCG-z505LEK). She's kinda slim on the brains and
> memory, but what a figure -
> > 2.5 lbs - and cheap! It'll boot quite handily from
> the external USB CD/DVD
> > drive. Knoppix finds and runs all the hardware. So
> does SuSe booting from
> > the hard drive.
> > 
> > I'm having a bastard of a time trying to get
> wireless connectivity, however.
> > I've found various lists of PCMCIA cards that are
> supposed to have chipsets
> > that are compatible with the drivers built into
> recent kernels. I've
> > purchased two so far. When I receive them they
> turn out to be a "version"
> > with a different chipset. For instance, the last
> one I got was the Linksys
> > WPC11. It's supposed to have a Prism chipset. I
> ripped it out of the mailing
> > package, and even before I took the shrinkwrap off
> I saw the dreaded 'v4'
> > appended to the model number. Ten seconds of
> Googling told me that the v4
> > uses RealTek chips.
> > 
> > This is getting expensive, and I still can't get
> my Borg outfit going.
> > 
> > Squilp!
some people love kaNOTix because everything tends to
"just work" after just the install, MEPIS also has a
good enough record. knoppix is not specialized in
getting installed to hd, in fact they grabbed some
kaNOTix stuff so those 2 are based on each other now
but I'd recommend trying kaNOTix possibly 2005.03
instead of the latest asI didn't try the latest yet.


		
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