Re: wireless cards ?

[Benjamin Story <bstory@bullets.net>]

Cisco's Aironet 350 card works great too.  As noted in previous posts however, if you want to make a Linux WAP out of your PC you will need a card based on the prism 2 chipset which I don't believe is true for the Aironet or Orinoco cards. 
On Sun, Jul 14, 2002 at 11:02:40AM -0500, Steven Pritchard wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 14, 2002 at 10:41:10AM -0500, Ron Crim wrote:
> > Does anyone have a recommendation of a wireless card to use (installs and
> > configures easily)?
> 
> Orinoco.  The Gold cards do 128-bit WEP.  The Silver cards only do
> 64/40-bit WEP.  Since WEP is a joke, if you don't think you'll need to
> connect to any networks that require 128-bit WEP, you can save a few
> bucks and go with a Silver card.
> 
> Steve
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