OT Hard drive Air Card

[Net Llama!]

On Fri, 23 Sep 2005, Rick Sivernell wrote:

> On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 15:17:14 -0500 (EST)
> Net Llama! <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 23 Sep 2005, Rick Sivernell wrote:
> > >
> > > Anyone
> > >
> > >   I am in the market for a laptop 2.5" hard drive and a good pcmica wireless card.
> > > I need to add a drive with M$ xp pro for my business. One laptop 2 drives. My
> > > current wireless card starts up & quits working after a few minutes. I can
> > > restart network and the card works for a short time before it stops again. So, if
> > > anyone has a drive or card that is working and they want to sell, let me know.
> >
> > It might help if you told us which card you currently have, and in which
> > OS, and if its linux, which kernel version you're using.
> >
> > FWIW, i've had no problems with Cisco aironet (expensive though) cards, or
> > Linksys cards under Linux.  I don't use windoze, so i can't comment on how
> > they work there.
> Lonnie
>
> Ups, I have a Suse 9.2 Pro system using linux-2.6.8-24.18. The wireless card is a
> AT&T 6700g 54 Mbps. The new card will need to work with MS, should be no problem and
> Linux, found a Orinco for about $75.

How old is that kernel?  Have you checked to see if what you're
experiencing is a known bug that is potentially fixed in a newer kernel?

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