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joe-job.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 2006-07-22 at 11:24 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
> >
> > Why does it matter? You'll be using wired and
tested Ethernet support
> > in your system. The systems don't even know they
are running over a
> > wireless network. Linux wireless support has so
far been pretty
> > hopeless. The best I've managed with any of the
cards I've tried is
> > the ndiswrapper method.
>
> Which cards did you try? There are many chipsets with
native drivers
> that should work well, like intel ipw2100 and ipw2200.
>
> Lee
I went down that path Lee. Yes, they should work, and
probably do,
when you can find a card that has the right revision of the
chipset.
However, I bought two cards I had to return. The box was
labeled as
the correct Wireless NIC, but when you got it home it turned
out the
chipset had a different PCI ID and it wasn't supported by
the Linux
drivers.
Now, I'm sure that it's all butterfly's and rainbows
today, but I've
totally given up on Linux wireless support and just use
these external
devices. I'll never intentionally go back based on the
history I've
had, but I will always attempt to use Linux support if I buy
a machine
with a wireless NIC in it. I won't depend on it working
though. Hate
the stuff at this point.
I think the way I'm doing it probably saves me money
because I have 2
or 3 machines at each point in the house. Instead of buying
a wireless
card for each machine and having compatibility/support
problems which
do not get addressed in a time frame I'm interested in I
buy one WAP
for each location and it works immediately and costs less.
It's about
$50-$60/room.
To each his own. I only responded here because you gave
answer that
was inconsistent with my experience of using wireless for
higher
bandwidth apps than a few computers sending a single audio
stream.
Have a great weekend,
Mark
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