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James, <br>
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I am running my RH 8 with a V2.4.20 (custom) kernel using a <font
size="-1">Netgear MA311</font> PCI (802.11b) wireless card and a MR814
wireless router. It was relatively easy to setup once I understood what
to do. It works great. I am very happy with the setup - I got started
reading the information posted on
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.stevewatts.com/computers/pc4/#hostap">www.stevewatts.com/computers/pc4/#hostap</a>. This will get you started.<br>
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I did not use the wlan-ng driver. I configured the kernel to support
PrismII based wireless cards instead. If you want to go this path with
a Netgear MA311 card, when you configure your kernel you want to be
sure to include Prism2 chipset support, inside the Wireless LAN (non
Ham radio) section. <br>
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If you are interested in more details, let me know and I can write and
post a detailed description, including how to set up WEP security and
such - <br>
<br>
Carlos<br>
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James Manning wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">[Roy Vestal]
I am wanting to add a desktop to my network. I have wireless and I don't
want to run a wire. Has anyone had experience with Wireless PCI cards
under linux? Any recommendations?
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i used a pcmcia-pci bridge and an orinoco card a couple years back -
worked fine except pcmcia wasn't SMP-happy so I had to run my BP6
dual celery with a UP kernel, but otherwise worked like a champ.
I've heard things are much better for SMP pcmcia these days, but I
haven't had a need to try it out lately.
I like pcmcia wireless cards and bridges mainly because I can take the
card to a laptop if I choose to, whereas dedicated cards don't give
that flexibility. Not sure what the price comparisons are like these
days, though :)
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