Re: Wireless cards

From: Lockdown (lockdown@thegeekzone.com)
Date: Mon May 16 2005 - 08:48:47 EDT


Zac Mutrux wrote:

>On 5/13/05, Michael C. McDonnell <michael@carolinatechservices.com> wrote:
>
>
>>I'm trying to find a wireless card for my laptop with an external
>>antenna jack and linux drivers
>>
>>
>
>Proxim Orinoco Wavelan wireless network adapter has an external
>antenna jack and Linux drivers. At least, they used to have the
>antenna jack. I haven't seen the newer models.
>http://www.proxim.com/products/wifi/client/
>
>Zac
>
>
I've got the 802.11b/g silver card (8470-WD) and it's great. It has the
external connector so I can hook it to my cantenna. It also runs
perfectly in Linux using the MADWiFi (http://madwifi.sourceforge.net/)
drivers. Those drivers are found on the latest versions of Knoppix.

I also like the fact that it works with FreeBSD if you compile Atheros
support into the kernel. Something to keep in mind in case you ever
consider trying other OSes.

Good luck,

Ben



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