James Kelly on 29 Sep 2004 21:15:02 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] Wireless cards for linux


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Sandhu, Suchindra wrote:
| hello,
|
|
|>I would get the Linksys WRT54GS router.  As for a PCI card, I don't
|>know.  Really, for a desktop, I would use an Ethernet card.
|
|
| Yeah, I would like to use an Ethernet card too. But, I am sharing a
| connection with couple of other machines sitting in different rooms -
| would have to place the router at a centralized location. So, I am
| keen on avoiding messy cables all over the place.

It seems to me the majority of the time you just end up getting a PCI ->
PCMCIA adapter.  You can buy the adapter and a PCMCIA card in a package
together, or you can get an adapter and pick your card.  I recently got
the SMC EliteConnect jobbie, 200mW, I got it for like 40 bucks off ebay.
~ It's only 802.11b, but the signal strength rocks.

Jim
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