card that does everything? :)

[Iain]

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Hi,

I am after a card that is 802.11b complient, works in ad hoc mode under 
linux, can sniff WEP packets, has a jack for an external antenna and does 
11Mbs. Oh yeah, I also want it to be cheap!

- From what I understand, if I want to sniff WEP packets I need a card with the 
PrismII chipset.

The hard thing seems to be finding out which cards support an external 
antenna and which cards are fully standards compliant in ad-hoc mode.

- From the ZoomAir website it looks like the 4105 supports an antenna but the 
4100 doesn't. But the 4105 is a PCI card.

The compaq website doesn't mention anything about connecting external 
antennas. I also found the Wireless howto a bit confusing when it says 
"Compaq (rumored to be selling a rebadged Samsung card - on the other hand, 
the WL 110, WL 210 and WL 215 are Orinoco cards)". Does this mean these cards 
don't have the PrismII chipset? I can't find any other compaq cards.

The DLINK DWL-650 website mentions an "internal patch antenna supporting 
diversity". Not sure what this means.

any help would be appreciated, thanks Iain.

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