[PLUG] Wireless Hardware

[Derek Loree]

On Tue, 2004-03-16 at 08:19, Bill Spears wrote:
> On Mon, 2004-03-15 at 15:15, Rich Shepard wrote:
> > On Mon, 15 Mar 2004, Bill Spears wrote:
> > 
> > > Does anyone have a favorite base station card combo(802.11g)?  I'd prefer
> > > something known to work with Linux.  I'd just as soon have a base station
> > > that is also a simple router and the card might as well be the g type.
> > 
> > Bill,
> > 
> >   I just went through the exercise of seeking a pcmcia WiFi card for use in
> > my notebook running Slackware-9.1. I ended up purchasing a 3Com 3CRWE154A72.
> > This is a pcmcia 802.11a/b/g card. There's a newer model, but the
> > EmperorLinux support folks write that this one is known to be well supported
> > by linux.
> > 
> > HTH,
> > 
> > Rich
> 
> Which WAP do you use?

WAP's are not OS specific, if you have a card with drivers that work, it
should communicate with any WAP that uses the same protocol. 
Wellenreiter and my Zaurus loaded with OPIE have hooked up to many
different AP's, it is truly amazing how many open AP's are out there.

HTH,

Derek Loree