Re: Which 802.11b PCI?

fishbowl_at_conservatory.com
Date: 07/31/03 

Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 05:07:24 GMT

In article <Xns93C9465CC7FD9whitesuneapollolv@130.133.1.4>,
Peteris Krumins <pkruminsREMOVETHIS@inbox.lv> wrote:
>fishbowl@conservatory.com wrote in news:bl%Va.184137$o86.129191
>@news1.central.cox.net:

>If you think of Linux, Prism2 chipset card is a must for 802.11b.

Right. Exactly. But most of the cards that are supposed to be
Prism2 are some other chipset now. Linksys is Broadcom, D-Link
is TI... So... My question is, what card to buy?

For instance, if I try to buy a D-Link DWL-520, I'll end up with
a DWL-520+. IOW, pick the card for its Prism2 chipset and end up
with TI.

This already happened to me with Linksys -- Linksys WMP-11's are
supposed to be Prism2/Intersil .... But the ones shipping today
are Broadcom. So I have a useless card, despite trying to buy a
supported one! 

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