I got the wrong card.

[strredwolf]

My old RaLink reference design card up and died on me, so I had to buy a new Wifi card, an 802.11b/g card.  And granted, they got a good discount on Ebay plus there's enough of a selection so that I can choose one that works in Linux.

So I buy an Intel Pro/Wireless 5000, for about $8 total.

I got it in the mail yesterday, and on the lable it says "802.11a".  Oh oh....

I double-check.  Yep, it's 802.11a, aka networking on the 5 Ghz band and not the 2.4 Ghz band (-b/g).  Atheros chip set, so I technically can use it, but it's also incompatible with 90% of the world, so I really can't.

I'm now pricing 802.11b/g cards.  Thankfully I have a Sandisk Connect Plus 802.11b card, so I'm not exactly up the creek, but come on, that RaLink card was 802.11g.  If you have a suggestion, please, check it against this site. [Linux WiFi support, cardbus list]

Comments

[rhanlav.livejournal.com]

Hey, Red, how do you get the 'post reply' page to format the same as your main page? I can't get mine to do it but yours works just fine.

Sorry to hear about you getting the wrong card though. -.-;

[strredwolf.livejournal.com]

It really depends on what style your using. I think the S2 styles have the opiton of making it itegrated.

[rhanlav.livejournal.com]

I use S1. Ok. Figures it would be S2 that I'd need to use and not S1. Thanks for the info.

[bibliophage.livejournal.com]

I can probably scrounge up a B card for you. USB, PCMCIA, PCI?

[strredwolf.livejournal.com]

I have a B card already, thanks.

[tal-greywolf.livejournal.com]

The Linksys WMP54G Version 4.0 will use the RALink drivers for both Linux and Windows. It has the RALink chip onboard, and works well enough for most folks. In typical fashion, Linksys has no information on drivers other than Windows...

[strredwolf.livejournal.com]

Bought myself a Netgear WG511T.