Recommendation of PCI card or USB adaptor for 802.11

Ray ray at sonictech.net
Sat Jun 22 18:44:01 EST 2002


On Sat, Jun 22, 2002 at 11:37:07AM +1000, Michael Still wrote:
> On Sat, 22 Jun 2002, Timothy Murphy wrote:
> 
> > I wonder if someone could recommend a PCI 802.11b card for use with Linux
> > and/or a USB adaptor.
> 
> I like the DWL 520 PCI card... It's a prism2 card, so you can use it as an
> access point if you want.

What is the status of the AP firmware on the Prism2 and Prism2.5 cards? 
Last time I checked (6 months or more ago) the AP firmware was unsupported,
hard to find, and of questionable legality unless you had a licence from
Harris/Intersil (sp).  

-- 
Ray




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