[MLB-WIRELESS] milestone

[Drew]

doh. i meant to say neither will do AP mode.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Bailey" <mbailey at enternet.com.au>
To: <melbwireless at melbwireless.dyndns.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 2:29 AM
Subject: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] milestone


> Orinoco cards support iBSS (Ad-Hoc) mode. You may want to install a more
recent version
> of the firmware using the software from Lucent.    (see
http://www.hyperlinktech.com/)
>
> I'm running one under linux using a PCI adaptor in a cheap PC. It makes
for a great AP!
>
> It also opens the possibility for putting another card in and routing
between two wireless
> networks. Has anyone else done that yet?
>
> Orinoco card (USD $99),
> PCI adaptor  (USD $59),
> not having to buy another laptop for an AP...priceless!
>
> cheers,
>
> Mike
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 04:42:35PM +1000, Drew wrote:
> > if i was buying a card now, i'd get either a cisco lmc352 or a lucent
> > orinoco or clone. they have the best receive sensitivity of any cards,
and
> > imho that's just as important as power output. both work in linux, have
> > antenna jacks, pretty sure both can wep sniff, cisco is 100mW/lucent is
> > 30mW, don't think either will do ad-hoc though (need prism2 so far),
both do
> > 11mbps, and the lucent is cheap(er).
> >
> > d
> >
> > > What I am after is a card that:
> > >
> > > - works in linux
> > > - has a jack for an external antenna.
> > > - is based on a chipset which can do WEP sniffing (PrismII only??)
> > > - is high powered enough to get reasonable distances (100mW ?)
> > > - works in ad-hoc mode under linux.
> > > - 11mbps
> > > - cheap ! :)
> > >
> > > anyone got any suggestions??
> > >
> > > cheers, Iain.
> >
> >
> >
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