Linksys warning

[Roger Oberholtzer]

I was just looking at a d-link dwl-614+ router for home. Of course I will
need PCI and PC-CARD cards for the computers, and was considering the
d-link dwl-650+ and dwl-520+. I am only just exploring the linux ng
drivers. Any warnings here? (Hell, there may not be drivers, for all I
know.)

On Sat, 22 Feb 2003 09:34:06 -0800
"Net Llama!" <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:

> On 02/22/03 01:49, davidaikema at shaw.ca wrote:
> > After the comments on the list and seeing that the suport section of
> > linksys's website listed a linux driver package for the card, I went
> > out today and purchased a Linksys WMP11 (802.11b wireless pci card).
> > 
> > Upon inserting it into my machine, I discovered that I had basically a
> > different card then the support section of the linksys website
> > indicated.  This card (version 2.7) now has a broadcom chipset, for
> > which linux support seems nonexistant at this point.
> > 
> > I just fired off a somewhat angry email to the company (I had a bad
> > experience with one of their ethernet adaptors a couple of years back,
> > which listed linux support on the box but refused to work with the
> > drivers included on disc in the box or any other available drivers). 
> > Hopefully I'll meet with success in returning the card.
> > 
> > Annoyingly, only this card and a DLink card (for which drivers were
> > supposed to be released a few months ago but haven't appeared) seem to
> > be locally obtainable (I haven't got a credit card, which makes online
> > shopping somewhat akward).
> > 
> > David Aikema
> 
> Yea, the trial of tears is quite long on this one:
> http://groups.google.com/groups?as_q=wmp11%20broadcom&safe=images&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&as_ugroup=*linux*&lr=lang_en&num=30&hl=en
> 
> i'm not sure where you live, but i do know that there are other options 
> besides the orinoco chipset based cards.  Cisco's aironet cards work 
> quite well under linux (i use them).
> 
> you have no credit card? eeek, that's gotta make life rough.
> 
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