[PLUG] Wireless cards for portables (continued)

Matt Alexander m at phxlinux.org
Wed Mar 3 20:54:01 UTC 2004


On Wed, 3 Mar 2004, Rich Shepard wrote:

>   According to the folks at Emperor Linux, there are two cards that they
> know work with linux and my Sony Vaio 505: an 802.11b Orinoco Gold ($100) by
> Lucent and an 802.11b/g by 3Com (model not specified but they sell it for
> $150). I know their prices are high for I bought additional RAM locally for
> about 1/3rd of what they charge for it.
> 
>   I've looked on pricewatch and ENU but cannot find a 3Com b/g card. What
> local sources have folks here used (in addition to Belmont Computers), and
> what HOWTO do I read to get it working when I find a card?

I've been happy with my Cisco Aironet 350.  It's a little on the pricey
side for 802.11b, but has excellent reception and it was automatically
detected the moment I first plugged it in.  I picked mine up on amazon.com
for around $100.
~M






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