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.