Orinoco and 5Ghz cards?

David Gibson david at gibson.dropbear.id.au
Sun Aug 11 10:31:52 EST 2002


On Fri, Aug 09, 2002 at 11:56:03AM -0500, Jamin W. Collins wrote:
> Has anyone had success with the 5Ghz cards and the Orinoco driver?  I'm
> thinking of upgrading my wireless setup to 5Ghz in an attempt to get
> better throughput (mainly by moving to a less used range), but would am
> having difficulty finding any clear indication of whether there is support
> for the hardware under Linux.

As far as I know the 802.11a cards use a different chipset, so the
orinoco driver won't support them.

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