[ltp] r40 without built-in wireless

[Crispian Thorne]

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Norbert Wojtowicz wrote:
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| I'd also like to know if there is good support for the  pcmcia on
debian (which I plan on running). If so, maybe I would just get a
wireless card for the pcmcia slot. Is there a big performance boost,
power drain, etc. to this approach?
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| Thanks for any help.
| Norbert.
|

I am running Libranet 2.8.1 (Debian-based, I heartily recommend it!
www.libranet.com) on a ThinkPad T21 and have had excellent success using
the wlan-ng drivers. They are easy to install and work great! There is a
full list of compatible hardware here:
http://www.linux-wlan.org/docs/wlan_adapters.html.gz.

I would recommend going for one of the pcmcia cards that use the prism
2/2.5/3 chipset. The three I have personally used and can vouch for are-

SMC2532W-B (excellent high power card- my everyday, really solid, strong
connection & incredible range),

Netgear MA 401 (works well, hard to find now)

and the Microsoft (*yes* Microsoft!) MN-520 (works well & is cheap!
Amazon currently has it for $23!- I just bought one to have as a backup
in case my SMC goes south).

All three cards work interchangably one I got the drivers set up, if you
have a problem there is an excellent how-to on the Libranet support site.

Can't tell you much about the different power use of pcmcia vs. pci as I
only use the pcmcia, but I have noticed that the SMC high power card
seems to use more juice than the other two (another good reason to have
the cheapo M'$oft card in my bag, I just switch to that if I'm gonna
need max battery life).

Hope that is of some help to you, good luck!

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Crispian Thorne
linux@crispian.org
*linux & lovin' it*
Linux User # 329400
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