Wanted: 2x wireless network card.

[Patrick Cole]

Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 10:16:34AM +1000, David Gibson wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 08:20:02AM +1000, Mannix, Grant wrote:
> 
> > DWL 520
> > D-Link DWL-650H
> > D-Link DWL-650
> >  
> > I'm after 2 wireless network cards,I'm just not 100% sure what type I'm after. Needs to have the anntenna thing.
> > I've been told to look out for the prism chipset?? 
> 
> Hardly a need to look.  Essentially all 802.11b cards are based on the
> Prism2 chipset.  There are several different firmwares though, which
> make them behave quite differently.  I can't really make a
> recommendation though.

I've found that the antenna setup on the Lucent/Agere cards work
much better than others I have tried such as cisco and cheap prism2(.5)
based cards.

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Patrick Cole <Patrick.Cole at anu.edu.au>
Programmer, the John Curtin School of Medical Research, ANU 
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