Any recommendations for a PCMCIA nic?

Geoffrey S. Mendelson yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Wed May 12 13:27:00 2004


Christopher wrote:
> I have a wonderful 15" Al-book with a 802.11g card inside that is
> impossible to use under YDL. I was wondering if anyone had a suggestion
> as to what pcmcia card I could use instead, so that I can be wireless
> under YDL with this machine. Anybody have a recommendation? Also, other
> than the HOWTO
> here:http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/support/solutions/ydl_general/pcmcia-nic.shtml
> are there other considerstions?

The original orinoco cards. about $25 from EBAY, run on almost anything with
a pcmcia slot, supported out of the box by ydl 3. Drivers for MACos 7.6 up.

Also the driver for the Microsoft 802.11b (not g) card were developed
on a powermac.

Geoff.

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