[clug] [HELP] Wireless pci cards. What should I buy.

[Brian Morris]

I agree with Russell.  The Veritech card are very good and the extro power
certainly makes life easier.

Regards,

Brian Morris
NetSpeed.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Russell Zweck" <rzweck at ozemail.com.au>
To: <linux at lists.samba.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 2:57 PM
Subject: Re: [clug] [HELP] Wireless pci cards. What should I buy.


> I have used the Veritech pcmcia cards in a PCI cradle in Linux without a
> problem.  These cards are a little more expensive ($110) plus you also
> need a PCI cradle (another $70).
>
> They are a local version of the Senao card which is a high powered
> wireless card (200 Milliwatt) with good receive sensitivity.  They use
> the Prism 2.5 chipset.
>
> I have used them for longer range outdoor wireless and they work well.
>
> I bought them from here:
> http://www.techtopia.com.au/product_info.php/cPath/38/products_id/875
>
> But you can probably get them elsewhere.
>
> Russell.
>
> Telek, John wrote:
>
> >I'm looking for advice on which pci wireless cards to buy.
> >
> >I have a DWL520 ( not the 520+ ) and have given up trying to make it
> >work under linux.
> >The driver bawks because the card shares an IRQ with another device.
> >
> >Price is not an issue and all I want is 802.11b.
> >
> >Any suggestions would be great.
> >
> >  John
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