Wireless PCMCIA Cards
Jeff Vian
jvian10 at charter.net
Thu Feb 24 23:58:27 UTC 2005
On Thu, 2005-02-24 at 12:28 -0600, Bill Gradwohl wrote:
> Craig Thomas wrote:
>
> >More than a vendor, what really matters is the chip set used in the
> >wireless card. And different models from the same vendor _may_ and
> >_often_ use different chip sets for different manufacturing runs of the
> >same model card. The specific model/version number should help you
> >determine the chip set manufacturer.
> >
> >Finding out the chip set manufacturer is the easy way to know if the
> >card will work or not. Drivers work with specific chip sets.
> >
> >It has been awhile [my wireless card is an older linksys wpc11 prism
> >based--newer ones don't work I'm told], but a quick google turns up some
> >useful looking results:
> >
> >http://www.wlug.org.nz/WirelessChipsets
> >
> >HTH,
> >
> >
> >
> I researched the board, phoned the vendor and got lied to.
>
> I asked specifically if they used the prism chipset and was told they
> did. When I got the board, it had the Atheros chipset. It also had a
> ridiculous hard wired antenna cable about 3 ft long protruding from the
> board. No way to disconnect it. That wasn't obvious from the vendors web
> site either.
>
You _CAN_ vote with your $$$$.
If it is not what you expected, and you are withing the time allowed by
the vendor, return it for a refund. The reason --- It does not work
with your operating system.
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