Re: Atheros or Prism?

From: knocte (knocte_at_NO-SPAM-PLEASE-hotmail.com)
Date: 02/10/04 

Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 12:23:55 +0100

I wrote:
> I am going to buy some PCI WiFi (11g) cards. But I have two options:
>
> - NETGEAR WG311: Atheros chip (http://sourceforge.net/projects/madwifi).
> - 3COM OfficeConnect Wireless 11g PC Card [3CRWE154G72]: Prism chip
> (http://www.prism54.org) -> 25 €(euros) more expensive than the NetGear.
>
> Which chip is better? Which linux driver is better? Which driver is
> easier to install? Is it worth to buy the 3COM one?
>
> Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
>
>
> PS: The access point I am going to use with them is 3COM. Is advisable
> to buy 3COM cards then?

I made a mistake. The 3COM card I have written is PCMCIA. I wanted to
write down this one, which is PCI: 3Com 11a/b/g Wireless PCI Adapter
[3CRDAG675], which I suppose it uses the same chip as the PCMCIA.

Regards.

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