[Prism54-users] Re: Prism54-users Digest, Vol 3, Issue

[steve at nexusuk.org]

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On Mon, 16 Aug 2004, Nicolai Langfeldt wrote:

> I too have been frustrated with finding supported PCI cards.  I got some 
> smc2802W cards this winter, they work fine, but I can't find any new ones.  I 
> spent some time surveying different current wifi chipsets and the Linux 
> support for them and posted my notes at 

I've got a 2802Wv2 that I can't use ATM too ...  someone menntioned that 
Intersil had provided specs so the prism54 driver should support it at 
some point in the future.

> seems that only ALLNETs PCI card still uses a Prism54 compatile chipset in a 
> PCI format.  Allnet is not available in Norway.  So against my initial 

I can confirm the AllNet card works ok...  After failing to find anywhere 
selling PrismGT cards in the UK, I eventually ordered an Allnet one from 
www.computeruniverse.net in Germany and it works ok (although I had to 
replace my ne2k_pci card because the ne2k_pci module started freezing up 
my machine after I put the Allnet card in... no big problem, rtl8139's 
are only about 3ukp :).

I'm now running the allnet card as a master (i.e. access point) and have 
no more problems - I get about 22Mbps out of the network which is 
apparantly the most you can expect from a 802.11g network.

- -- 

 - Steve         Jabber: firefury at sucs.org     Web: http://www.nexusuk.org/

     Servatis a periculum, servatis a maleficum - Whisper, Evanescence

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