On Sun, 2003-11-16 at 03:23, Heitzso wrote: > I've tried two pcmcia cards after doing some research and > have problems with both. First was d-link 650 which used > to be prism2 and supposed to work but newer ones are no > longer prism & require proprietary drivers. > > Took that back and picked up netgear > but the newer netgear pcmcia 802.11b is also no longer > prism2 but realtek. I tried downloading and building the > realtek driver but it didn't work. I _really_ want to avoid > proprietary object code that close to the kernel so plan on > taking it back tomorrow. > > The store I got the other two at also has the Microsoft USB > 802.11b standalone gizmo. I'm allergic to MSoft but if that's > the way to go, so be it. > > I could also drive an hour and go to a bigger computer store > in Atlanta for some other brand/model. > > So, what works well with gentoo (802.11b wise)? > > Or please point me to a forum/web page that's up to date. > > Thanks, > Heitzso
I have just bought a Netgear MA311GE 802.11b Wireless PCI Adapter from www.ebuyer.com. I has the prism2.5 chip and works great. If you're interested then the QuickFind code is 43353. -- Tom Wesley
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