PCMCIA wifi, & Kirk - what wifi were you using?

[john_re]

Kirk - if you're reading this list - what wifi were you using at the last btip meeting? What's the wifi ic manufacturer/brand?

List members - I already checked this list's members, & didn't see any listing for kirk. I think we have several members who aren't on this mailing list yet.

I'm asking this cause kirk's laptop was, i think, getting a better connection to the AirBears AP than I was, & I suspect it might be due to better wifi hw.

Also, anyone: Do you have a recommendation for a pcmcia wifi card that you personally know works well with currently available drivers?

Thanks :)

[Israel Lopez]

Just uh replace your current minipci card with this lil' guy

http://www.ubnt.com/products/xr2.php 600mW will fix it :P
I have this one borrowed - http://www.ubnt.com/products/sr71c.php -
works great =D

-Izzy

[john_re]

On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:18:07 -0800, "Israel Lopez" <israel...@gmail.com> said:
> Just uh replace your current minipci card with this lil' guy
>
> http://www.ubnt.com/products/xr2.php 600mW will fix it :P

Wow, yeah. ;)

> I have this one borrowed - http://www.ubnt.com/products/sr71c.php -
> works great =D
>
> -Izzy

Actually, i'm hoping to merely fiind a good piece of off the shelf from Fry's hw. A good, inexpensive, works well w/ linux hw.

I'm too tired right now to fid the link: what's that linux wifi website, with all the hw listings - maybe 100's of products, & their drivers? linuxwifi.org comes up a blank page for me. That website used to have way too much info. I just want a link with the maybe 5 best linux wifi solutions available widely from retailiers, such as frys. :)

Some links:
http://tuxmobil.org/wireless_unix.html
http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/
http://users.linpro.no/janl/hardware/wifi.html
http://www.linuxemporium.co.uk/products/wireless/
http://tuxmobil.org/pcmcia_linux.html

fun:
http://hackaday.com/2009/10/26/head-mounted-computer/

[john_re]

btw, kirk's setup, which was working well, was an off the shelf eeepc.

[Hike Danakian]

I've heard different eeepc models have very different hardware...
although you'd expect all of them to at least work with linux due to
having Xandros preinstalled. This page might be good by the way:
http://users.linpro.no/janl/hardware/wifi.html

On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 1:32 AM, john_re <joh...@fastmail.us> wrote:
> btw, kirk's setup, which was working well, was an off the shelf eeepc.
>

> --
> http://groups.google.com/group/BerkTIPGlobal

[Michael Forney]

I believe the page you are looking for is http://linuxwireless.org/ .
--
Michael Forney <mfo...@berkeley.edu>

[john_re]

On Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:31:00 -0800, "Michael Forney" <mfo...@berkeley.edu> said:
> I believe the page you are looking for is http://linuxwireless.org/ .

Yep, thanks. :)

It's long been on my todo list to email them & tell them i think they should _definitely_ add 2 or 3 top 5 or 10 lists to that page:
top/best recommended pcmcia, usb wifi cards, & maybe AP's.

It should also go here:
http://linuxwireless.org/en/users
http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Devices


Because these lists are too long to be useful to people searching for a quick "best" top 5-10 list - which is what would be helpful to the largest group of people interested in wifi for their hw.
http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Devices/USB
http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Devices/PCMCIA

[john_re]

Anyone know if/where there is a list of wifi hw used in the eeepc?

On Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:08:54 -0800, "Hike Danakian" <hda...@gmail.com> said:
> I've heard different eeepc models have very different hardware...
> although you'd expect all of them to at least work with linux due to
> having Xandros preinstalled.



This page might be good by the way:
> http://users.linpro.no/janl/hardware/wifi.html

;)