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On Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 09:41:39PM -0700, Brian Watters wrote:

Hello all,

Looking for some feedback on CentOS 4.x friendly WiFi cards? .. I am hoping there is such a thing ..

On my desk:

Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG Orinoco Silver (PCMCIA adapter for desktop) Micronet SP906A

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Brian Watters wrote:

Thanks for the fast reply .. I guess I should be a bit more specific ..

This is for a laptop and thus I need a PCMCIA card? ..

If you have PCMCIA slot (almost all laptops do), than answer is yes. Newer laptops also have those mini-PCI slots or whatever they are called. If your has one, you can also go with that type of card (and leave PCMCIA slot free for other things).

Couple of things to note.

Some laptops will accept mini-PCI cards only from the same manufacturer. Translated, you pay double price for (for example) Intel card than if you bought it directly from Intel (usually those are exactly same cards, with only PCI ID changed). I heard some HP laptops are famous for that (some people claimed they managed to hack BIOS to accept their non-HP cards).

If somebody tells you that card xyz works perfectly for them, and you go and buy one, it might not work for you. Your card might be completely different. Manufacturers of WiFi cards (all of them) are famous for completely redesigning cards (including the change of chipset) and selling it under exactly same name. Some will change revision number, some won't bother with revision numbers. However revision number often is not visible on the box. Translated, by looking at the card, it is sometimes impossible to tell if it will work under Linux, or what driver it will require. For Windows you basically get installation disk that contains drivers for all versions of the card that ever existed.

In other words, carefully choose store where you buy. You definitely want to buy somewhere where you can simply return card for full refund, no questions asked (in case card doesn't work for you).

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On Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 10:29:12PM -0700, Brian Watters wrote:

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Thanks for the fast reply .. I guess I should be a bit more specific ..

This is for a laptop and thus I need a PCMCIA card? ..

Any Hermes (Orinoco) or Prism 1, 2 or 2.x cards should work. Meaning, all cards I've seen so far.

I'll second that. Orinoco (www.proxim.com) has worked for me every time, with no additional configuration required. Cisco also works, though I have only tried it on Red Hat 9.0

Ron Jones