Re: Any suggestion of buy a wireless pci card?
From: Richy (eric1i_at_163.com)
Date: 02/08/04
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To: fedora-list@redhat.com Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2004 15:04:58 +1100
Mike Watson wrote:
> Of all those currently sold, the NetGear MA311 PCI card for PC still uses the
> Prism chipset. It will drop in and fly under Fedora. The LapTop version is
> the Netgear MA411. Both Netgear and Linksys Wireless Access Points work fine
> with these cards. BTW, be sure to use encryption or your neighbor could be
> using your internet access. Especially if you have DHCP running.
>
> A problem with the current crop of cards is that the 54GHz versions are
> selling, pushing out the older cards. The chipsets used in these new cards
> either doesn't exists or is of limited functionality.
>
> There is a shill floating around the mail list pushing a commerical product
> that might work. I just don't like paying for SW when I don't have to.
> That's one reason why I don't use M$.
>
> Mike W
>
> On Thursday 05 February 2004 1:46 am, Richy wrote:
>
>>I plan to use wireless network with my Fedora Core 1 at home. I got two
>>PC in my home, one used by my wife is a laptop with winxp, the other
>>desktop with fedora used by myself. I want to install a wireless LAN in
>>my home and connect to internet by ADSL.
>>
>>So, it seems that I need a wireless access point with ADSL and a
>>wireless pci card. Is there any suggestion about purchase a wireless pci
>>card for my fedora? I usually find buy a hardware for linux need more
>>attention.
>>
>>Thanks for any suggestion!
>>
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Thank you! I am interested in Netgear WG311, has any one got the
experience of using it?
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