[ale] wireless card for laptop

Matthew Magee mnmagee at earthlink.net
Fri Oct 17 12:47:04 EDT 2003


On Friday 17 October 2003 12:25 pm, Christopher Fowler wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 12:15:26PM -0400, Matthew Magee wrote:
> > I wanted to get some recomendations from the list before I buy a wireless
> > PCMCIA card.
> >
> > I need:
> >
> > 16 bit card (no Cardbus)
>
> Do they make thins in 802.11b?  Maybe Orinoco?
>
> > Works with Slackware 9.1
>
> Orinoco.
>
> > Needs to be economical (I'm poor)
>
> eBay, eBay,
>
> >  So far I have come up with a netgear MA 401. Any other ideas?
>
> Is it 16bit?
Yes, and I have some info on getting the MA 401 working with Slack 9.0
>
> I love my Linksys WPC11 v3.  I can make it act as a Brige, AP,
> or Host.  Some cards do not support any more other than host (Managed)
>
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