[CLUE-Tech] Linksys wireless card

[dhahn]

Be *very* careful on which version of the LinkSys card you end up with.
LinkSys is very good at changing entire chipsets *without* making a model
number change.  If you are lucky enough to have gotten one of the older
LinkSys cards that does have the Intersil chipset - your good.  I would
suggest getting the HostAP driver from http://hostap.epitest.fi -best driver
for the Intersil IMHO.

I've seen Linksys, DLink, Belkin and Hawking all doing the same type of
thing (probably because they purchase from the same OEM).  Not only will
they change versions of the chipset, they will change chipset manufacturers
(DLink 650 and 650+, if I remember my model numbers correctly) with very
little notification as to the change.  In the case of the D-Link 650 card
and the LinkSys WMP11, both changed from Intersil to TI without much of an
outward change.  (DLink added a '+', which, they have done with other
products without this type of change and LinkSys kept the same model number
and made a small notation as to a version change.)

So, understand what you are buying - it may not be what you expect.

-d

----- Original Message -----
From: "bof" <bof at pcisys.net>
To: <clue-tech at clue.denver.co.us>
Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 8:32 AM
Subject: Re: [CLUE-Tech] Linksys wireless card


> Dale K. Hawkins wrote:
>
> >Does anyone have experience with this sort of thing?  Or does anyone wish
to hear continued progress reports?
> >
>
>
> Match Grunn did a KISS session on setting up a Wireless LAN last
> November (http://clue.denver.co.us/wlan-talk/wlan.html) although his
> PCMCIA card used a different chipset, from his talk's overview:
>
>     Tonight I will cover setting up wireless networking for Linux. For
>     this exercise I will be setting up the network using a LinkSys
>     Access Point and LinkSys PCMCIA wireless network card in a laptop.
>
>     The LinkSys PCMCIA card uses the Intersil Prism chipset. This is the
>     most popular chipset that is used in 802.11b networks, so the steps
>     covered here should apply to most cards with this chipset.
>
> Would this be of any help?
>
> BOF
>
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