[ltp] pcmcia wireless card for T23

Paul Kimoto linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Wed, 15 Feb 2006 23:26:02 -0500


On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 09:44:38PM -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote:
> * Cheryl Homiak <chomiak@charter.net> [2006 Feb 15 20:14 -0600]:
>> I'd like to get a pcmcia wireless card for my T23. When I visited  
>> Compusa, they had a couple of Linksys notebook cards. I haven't ben  
>> able to find anything about getting linksys cards to work in linux  
>> except that I found a couple of accounts of failed attempts on  
>> google. Can I get a Linksys to work? If so, do I have to be careful  
>> what model it is? If not, what pcmcia cards will work? Where can I  
>> find instructions to get Linksys or other cards set up with my t23?

> I bought a Linksys WPC55AG PCMCIA card back in '04.  It works well with
> the Madwifi Atheros driver.

If you want a A+G Atheros cardbus device, the 3Com 3CRWE154A72 is cheaper.
Also there is the more expensive 3CRPAG175, which has a clever antenna
design.  

I have used both with my T23.  I've never seen them at a store (the nearby
selection is lousy, though) and got them through the mail.