[Nottingham] wireless cards

Fri Feb 7 18:03:01 2003

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Lee" <nospamlee@astarix.co.uk>
To: <nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 10:01 AM
Subject: Re: [Nottingham] wireless cards

> I have an A4000 lying around, what the chances of getting netbsd on it?

NetBSD for 68k processers only works on 68020 and above (I think the 68EC020
had troubles but take it as fine). Chances are high, and I have NetBSD on
CUAmiga magazine lying around somewhere with it on.

> also, is there such a thing as an ethernet card for an amiga??

There is! If you have a PCMCIA type I ethernet card, you'll just have to
find drivers and there you go! Also, the Amiga 4000 incidentally came with
Zorro slots, and I think Commodore made an ethernet card for it...

> I don't
> fancy using SLIP!! :-).

Who does? :)

.waffle

>
> Laters,
> Lee
> 'keep it naan'
>
>
> On Thu, 2003-02-06 at 19:36, .waffle wrote:
> > They were, indeed, the days! NetBSD on my A1200 was an acheivement!
> >
> > .waffle
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Lee" <nospamlee@astarix.co.uk>
> > To: <nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk>
> > Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 6:19 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Nottingham] wireless cards
> >
> >
> > > I've had limited success with the DWL-520+ cards in linux (mandrake),
> > > trouble is, it's unstable, and will panic the kernel after some time.
> > > It's only a binary driver too, which is horrble, so I can't even
attempt
> > > to fix it myself...:-( . I think TI and the big chip makers are in
> > > leauge with microsoft, they wont ublish there chipset specs so we can
> > > see the peeks and pokes of a chip set, i.e. what regeisters set the
> > > channel, speed of card etc etc. It's very annoying indeed...if there
is
> > > on thing that's going to stop linux getting main stream driver
support,
> > > is.....mainstream drivers support.
> > >
> > > Saying that, I am getting really good transfer rates with the dlink
> > > cards.... there PBCC encoding really does work well, I also hear that
> > > dlink have a firmware upgrade to take the chip set to 44 megs PBCC,
not
> > > bad at all for a 40 quid card....I'm still looking for this
> > > firmware..could be vapour ware....who knows...
> > >
> > > You may say 'don't buy dlink', but when the actual base chip
> > > manufacturer won't release specs, what are you to do? I feel we will
see
> > > more of this driverless problem in the future...
> > >
> > > I've tried looking for a Prism2 based PCI card with detachable atenna
> > > and good receive senstivity, and working wireless statistics
collection
> > > (snr etc etc)...so far I've not had much look, the new belkin cards
are
> > > prism2, but I've having trouble tracking them down, as for price, who
> > > knows...probably silly money.
> > >
> > > So..if you want a cheap pci 802.11b card, in linux...you can't
:-(,well
> > > not relyably anyway... please correct me if I'm wrong.. (I wish I was)
> > >
> > > As for 802.11g and 802.11a, I guess were going to have to wait a year
or
> > > two before we get drivers for it, I see dlink are doing a small
wireless
> > > bridge that you just connect to by ethernet, it's more expensive, but
it
> > > now worries with sub standard linux drivers. If you need the best
card,
> > > then it's got to be the cisco pci card..it's a very sexy card indeed,
> > > and that's reflected (sadly) in the price.
> > >
> > > Long live the amiga.....:-)....those were the days...
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Lee
> > >
> > > On Mon, 2003-02-03 at 16:57, .waffle wrote:
> > > > Hi there! Whatever you do, do not buy a card with a chipset by Texas
> > > > Instruments. I bought my cards back in October, and the Linux
drivers
> > "soon"
> > > > became Linux drivers not available. How to tell what chipset? Any
card
> > that
> > > > goes faster than 11Mbps (ie, the 22Mbps or 54Mbps cards). Mine is a
> > D-Link
> > > > DWL-520+ but if you see the DWL-520 (no plus) then grab it! It has
> > > > manufacturer supported drivers. Also, any card with Prism 2/Orinoco
> > support,
> > > > although chances are you WON'T find this information on the web site
of
> > the
> > > > vendors... well, easily at least. Finally, if at all possible, stick
to
> > PCI
> > > > only, as they are:
> > > >
> > > > a) Cheaper.
> > > > b) Apparently have a better transfer rate due to less connections.
> > > > c) Normally have better antennae.
> > > >
> > > > Any more info can typically be found in the forum FAQ's of the
OpenForum
> > at
> > > > ArsTechnica.com
> > > >
> > > > .waffle
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Martin Garton" <martin@wrasse.demon.co.uk>
> > > > To: <nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk>
> > > > Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 4:33 PM
> > > > Subject: [Nottingham] wireless cards
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > Can anyone recommend a pci 802.11-b card to use with linux?  I
> > currently
> > > > > have a pcmcia card in a isa-pcmcia bridge card, but I want to put
an
> > epia
> > > > > based machine on the wireless network and it's pci only.  I have
heard
> > > > > about pci-pcmcia cards also.  Does anyone have any experience of
> > these?
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Martin.
> > > > >
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