[MLB-WIRELESS] Cheap wifi cards

[Fenn Bailey]

Well spotted!

Looks like it's possible, but unknown how stable:
http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

You can also use NDISWrapper:
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_rt2500#Open-Source_Driver

Debian HOWTO here:
http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/wiki/index.php/Debian_rt2500_Howto

Apparently it's limited to 11Mbps in Ad-hoc under linux.

	Fenn.

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: melbwireless-bounces at wireless.org.au 
> [mailto:melbwireless-bounces at wireless.org.au] On Behalf Of 
> Paul van den Bergen
> Sent: Thursday, 15 February 2007 10:40 AM
> To: melbwireless at wireless.org.au
> Subject: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] Cheap wifi cards
> 
> went looking for the specs.  Seems to be (from the picture) Mitsubishi
> A111 diamond digital card...
> downloaded the windows utilities and the inf file under XP 
> had the following header...
> 
> 
> ;*************************************************************
> ***************************
> ;
> ; RT2500.inf
> ;
> ;   This installation script supports Windows 98,Me,2000 & XP for the
> ;   Ralink RT2500 series Wireless LAN Card.
> ;
> ;   Copyright (c)2002-2004, Ralink Technology Corp., All 
> Rights Reserved
> ;   All Rights Reserved.
> ;   Developed by RaLink Technology, Corp. -- http://www.ralinktech.com
> ;
> ;*************************************************************
> ***************************
> 
> 
> On 2/15/07, emdeex <emdeex at gmail.com> wrote:
> > thats not too bad a deal... what chipset, and are there 
> linux drivers?
> >
> > On 2/15/07, Datec <datec01 at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi all, Deals direct have Diamond Digital IEEE 802.11B/G 54MBPS 
> > > Wireless Lan Card @ $9.95
> > >
> > > Addy below
> > >
> > > 
> http://www.dealsdirect.com.au/p/diamond-digital-ieee-802-11bg-54mbps
> > > 
> -wireless-lan-card-adaptor/?utm_source=dealsnewsletter&utm_medium=em
> > > ail&utm_content=product&utm_campaign=DealsNewsletter15022007
> > >
> > > Cya
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