I'm not sure about the 802.11g cards and linux. That's
a good question. You're right they are both 802.11b
cards.
I've been advised that you can use windoze drivers in
linux if you so choose. But you'll need to know how to
use ndiswrapper and I can't offer any support on that.
Possibly somebody here can help with that.
By the way the 802.11b cisco aironet card can be
bought w/ or w/out antennae.
And one more thing, you can't just buy any Netgear
card. Netgear, I'm told, changed to a different
chipset recently.
Also check out Orinoco Gold cards. Heard good things
about them too. But like the cisco cards they are
expensive too.
mike
--- Lee Einer <
appealsman@cox.net> wrote:
> Thanks, Mike-
>
> I will check those out. I see that they are both
> 802.11B cards. Does
> linux work and play well with the newer 802.11g
> cards?
>
> mike hoy wrote:
>
> >ok glad you asked.
> >
> >i cannot vouch for the mepis livecd. but i use
> >slackware and wanted the exact same thing.
> >
> >the Netgear MA401 802.11b card works
> >the cisco aironet 350 works
> >
> >by 'works' i mean you plug it in and boot up the
> >computer and you're on wifi
> >
> >at least that is my experience with these two cards
> >(pcmcia) with slackware.
> >
> >the cisco aironet card is expensive but available
> for
> >purchase
> >
> >the Netgear MA401 card is old and I had to order if
> >off of Amazon.com marketplace from a seller on that
> >site
> >
> >NOTE* this is not a guarantee that it will work
> >
> >Let me know if you want more details on the cards
> and
> >where you can buy them. Oh and I bought them both
> >online, never did find one at a store here in
> phoenix
> >that had one that worked.
> >
> >Mike
> >--- Lee Einer <appealsman@cox.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >> Hi, all-
> >>
> >>Thanks to the help of Sherry and Dennis at the
> last
> >>installfest, most
> >>everything is working now on my laptop. Well,
> almost
> >>everything. I spent
> >>an interesting but unproductive afternoon today
> >>trying to get a DWL-G630
> >>wireless D-link card to work in my laptop. Didn't
> >>get much in the way of
> >>error messages, except that dmesg shows "ERROR:
> >>Don't know how to get
> >>sensitivity for this radio type, please try to add
> >>that!" and "NETDEV
> >>WATCHDOG: transmission timed out." And iwconfig
> >>doesn't pick up the
> >>access point numbers UNLESS the WAP is powered up
> >>but unconnected to the
> >>internet. Other than that, the signal is detected,
> >>packets seem to be
> >>going back and forth, but I have no internet
> access
> >>with the device.
> >>
> >>If anybody has a simple solution to the DWL-G630
> >>conundrum, that would
> >>be great. Otherwise, I welcome reccommendations
> for
> >>a wireless card that
> >>will "just work," out of the box, with Mepis and
> the
> >>2.6.7 kernel.
> >>
> >>Thanks!
> >>
> >>--
> >>
> >>
> >>Lee Einer
> >>Dos Manos Jewelry
> >>http://www.dosmanosjewelry.com
> >>
> >>
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