[MLB-WIRELESS] dlink pci cards

[Michael Craig]

Dont run them with a SCSI Card though......

Just got a new DWL-520+ to put in my band NEW pc. I was so happy to
finnnnaly be getting rid of my 8yo p166 (well deligating it to router
anyway), but whats this....have the dwl520+ and my Adaptec AHA-2940UW
installed at the same time....constant lockups.

NOT HAPPY JAN

Tried different slots, new firmware on SCSI and WLAN, my Mobo allready has
the latest BIOS (its a intel D845EBG2L if that helps)

Any sugestions????

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-melbwireless at wireless.org.au
[mailto:owner-melbwireless at wireless.org.au]On Behalf Of Craig Sanders
Sent: Thursday, 23 January 2003 11:09 AM
To: melbwireless at wireless.org.au
Subject: [MLB-WIRELESS] dlink pci cards


On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 01:23:58AM +1100, Bryan Nolen wrote:
> any way back to topic, has anyone used the DLINK PCI WLAN NICs ? (the
> ones with the inbuilt antenna)

i've used dlink DWL-520 PCI cards, they have a detachable antenna with
an RP-SMA socket (same as all dlink wlan equipment).  works nicely with
linux, using the hostap drivers.  Tx power and Rx sensitivity is not
great, as is typical of the dlink products....but they're fairly cheap
and pretty good value for money.

i ended up selling it though, and got a DWL-900AP+ instead - it's far
more practical to install at the top of a mast :)

i'm thinking of replacing that with a wlan card in my firewall and a
long run of LMR-400/600/900 cable though.  either replace it or add
another wireless interface, i haven't decided yet.  main reason is that
i have more control over routing and bridging with linux (actually, a
black-box AP gives you almost NO control at all)...and i can use my
usual swag of linux network sniffing tools to help diagnose problems -
i've really missed the ability to do that with the AP.   i may get
another dlink 520 or i may go for a card with higher Tx power and better
Rx sensitivity to compensate for the signal loss of the ~15m of cable.

craig

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craig sanders <cas at taz.net.au>

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