[PLUG] Linux Wifi Clinic: Senao PCMCIA cards

AthlonRob AthlonRob at axpr.net
Wed Apr 28 11:17:01 UTC 2004


On Wed, 2004-04-28 at 11:09, Keith Lofstrom wrote:

> These cards are based on the PRISM chipset, and work well with the
> HOSTAP drivers (preferable to the WLAN-NG drivers).  Note that many
> chipsets do not have Linux drivers, like the cheap card-du-jour at
> Frys.  In particular, the broadcom chipset is unsupported, and the
> TI chipset linux driver is barely alpha.  Learn about the chipset
> before you buy the card, and remember that the chipsets sometimes
> change given the "same" model number of card.  Check the version, too!

FWIW, I'm runing on the cheap card-du-jour from Fry's right now... it
works, just as long as I don't try and do any WEP.  :-)

Rob





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