[sclug] Pci / USB card for Suse 9.1

Tim Sutton t.sutton at reading.ac.uk
Tue May 25 14:36:38 UTC 2004


Hi

Yes it was a broadcom device. But I got a refund for the card already and it 
seems a bit unfair that I should have to pay for the device twice :-( So I'd 
rather go for something that is natively supported by the 2.6 kernel.

Regards

Tim

On Monday 24 May 2004 15:42, James Packham wrote:
> I don't know if you already know this, but you could have bought a
> driverloader license from www.linuxant.com that would have made it work
> (I'm pretty sure I know which card you have, the Broadcom chipset
> right?). It does mean you have to pay though - then again $20 US isn't
> exactly going to break the bank.
>
> Regards,
>
> James
>
> On Mon, 2004-05-24 at 14:28, Tim Sutton wrote:
> > Hi all
> >
> > I just bought a new pc and want to connect it to my wireless network. I
> > bought a belkin pci card for it, but it turned out to be unsupported so I
> > returned it. Can anyone recommend a reasonably priced usb (=preferred) or
> > pci wireless network card (I only need a 'b' card because the rest of my
> > network is on b not g anyway). First prize would be somewhere in Reading
> > where I can just go an pick one up after work :-P

-- 
Tim Sutton
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