[mdlug] Wireless card recommendation -update-

[Michael ORourke]

I picked up a D-Link WDA-2320 card from a local store and installed it. 
Seems to be working well.  It uses the Madwifi drivers.  The only problem I 
ran into thus far is where I want to install the PC, I'm not getting a 
signal.  So I temporarily moved the PC closer to the Access Point and 
configured it on the network.  The office I'm trying to get a signal to is 
about 200' from the AP, but there are several walls in between it and the 
PC.  Since that part of the building doesn't have any network cabling, I 
don't have a lot of options.  I might try to move the AP so it's closer, but 
that is not a trivial task.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael ORourke" <mrorourke at earthlink.net>
To: "MDLUG's main mailing list" <mdlug at mdlug.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 3:15 PM
Subject: [mdlug] Wireless card recommendation


> It looks like there are a lot of cheap "generic" wireless cards on eBay.
> Any suggestions on what to look for and what NOT to waste time on.  I'd
> rather pay a few extra dollars for a card that will work right
> out-of-the-box, rather than having to compile a special module or drivers.
> I'm looking for something that is PCI based and is "g" compatible.  This 
> is
> for a desktop PC running the latest ubuntu linux and kernel
> 2.6.20-16-generic.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
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