[ale] Wirless NIC Advice

[Johnny Preyer]

The Lucent Orinoco Gold Classic cards work wonderfully with Linux. 

Stay away from 3-Com cards; they stink.  

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Kilroy, Chris [SMTP:Chris.Kilroy at turner.com]
> Sent:	Friday, July 11, 2003 2:14 PM
> To:	'ale at ale.org'
> Subject:	RE: [ale] Wirless NIC Advice
> 
> I snagged a new Lucent Orinoco Gold card for $45 on ebay.  You can buy
> them for as cheap as $57 or so from a "real" online store.   I have only
> used it with my wife's laptop (WinXP), so i cant comment on how well it
> works under Linux, but speaking on the hardware front, it is awesome.
> 
> I've heard nothing but good things about it.  More detailed infoz here: 
> <http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Orinoco.html> 
> 
> 
> 
> -> 
> -> 
> ->I'm building a laptap (old Dell Pentium III 500 MHz something 
> ->or other) and purchasing a wireless NIC PC card for it.  I'll 
> ->probably try to install SuSE Linux on it (because I've had 
> ->good luck with SuSE installs in the past).  I'm looking at a 
> ->Netgear (good luck with Netgear and Linsys equipment in the 
> ->past and this is the cheapest) MA521 (802.11b) ($45) and was 
> ->wondering if anyone knows: 
> -> 
> ->1) Will I have driver issues? 
> ->2) Is there a better (cheaper/reliable) deal? 
> -> 
> ->Thanks, 
> ->John Marasco 
> -> 
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