might buy a new wifi card for laptop PC (pcmcia)

[Mike Schwartz]

On 5/31/07, Dennis Kibbe <dennisk at fastmail.fm> wrote:
>
> From: "Mike Schwartz" <mike.l.schwartz at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: might buy a new wifi card for laptop PC (pcmcia)
> Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 19:03:41 -0700
>
> > On 5/30/07, Dennis Kibbe <dennisk at fastmail.fm> wrote:
> > >
> > > Order this card from Newegg
> > >
> > > ASUS WL-107G IEEE802.11g Wireless Cardbus Adapter
> > >
> > > It will work out of the box with an Ubuntu distro and with Fedora/Red
> > > Hat/Centos witha simple driver install.
> > >
> > > Make sure your laptop is, in fact PCMCIA (PC Card) and the newer,
> smaller
> > > express card format.
> > >
> > > Current price is under $30USD.
> > >
> > > Or if your lappy has an e-ztoget to miniPCI slot you can replace the
> > > current (Broadcom?) card with an Intel 2200 from eBay for about the
> same
> > > price.
> > >
> > > Did you try the broadcom-firmware-cutter application already?  You can
> > > install it with Synaptic.
> > >
> > > Dennisk
> > >
> >
> > Thank you for that kind reply.
> > That [internet] price seems pretty reasonable - - (e.g., cheaper than
> > say,  the local neighborhood store I went to ("Ultimate Electronics")).
> > Also, if it is supporting a hardware manufacturer that releases enough
> > specs (or, 'FOSS' code) such that the firmware and drivers do not
> > have to play in to the hands of the proprietary 'warez "proprietors",
> > then, "great!"
> >     There were several issues with the Broadcom card:  [...]
> > it is sometimes very iffy connecting to a WAP.  (Essid).  Once
> > it establishes a connection, it seems to work fine,  [...]
> > Questions:
> > Do you "happen" to know whether this card, available from NewEgg,
> >   would be any different in regard to the above?
> >   [issues of "transmit power", reliability of being able to connect
> >    to a nearby WAP (e.g. in a library, airport, or roadside park)]?
> > Also, would I need to upgrade to an Ubuntu release
> >   "more recent" than 6.06, in order to use this card?
> > Clarifications:
> >   [...{snip (questions about) confusing typo}...]
> >   [...]
> > Any advice (past & future) appreciated,
> > --
> > Mike Schwartz
> >  [...]
>
> Ralink Technology (www.ralinktech.com) does support Linux and even says so
> on the _front_ of the box [rather than] just small print on the side.
>
> I haven't used mine with anything but public access points so I can't
> comment on WEP, WPA performance.  But public access isn't usually encrypted.
>
> The ASUS card works with gNewSense which is based on Ubuntu 6.06 so it
> should work for you.  With Red Hat RHEL5 I needed to install a driver, but
> that was straight forward.
>
> Your T22 will work with the ASUS card.  Linux Hardware says it supports [
> Gnu/Linux]  100% (
> http://www.linuxhardware.org/article.pl?sid=01/09/04/0135236)
>
> (Sorry for the typos)
>
> Dennisk
>

Thank you.
I think that answers my questions.
-- 
Mike Schwartz
Glendale  AZ
schwartz at acm.org
Mike.L.Schwartz at gmail.com
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