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Title: Wifi Card Compatibility?
Post by: Anonymous on February 28, 2004, 03:27:38 pm

I have an SL-5000d running the stock rom, ver. 1.38

I need a CF Wifi card for it and i was looking at the Dell TrueMobile 1180
becuase i can get them realitivly cheap.  Are these compatible with my
Zaurus?  if they are how easy is it to get working? could sombody give me
instructions?

Also: I\'m not a linux expert (actually opposite) so i need the idiot\'s instructions if possible.


Thanks alot...
DJ TecThreat

Title: Wifi Card Compatibility?
Post by: lan_lord on March 05, 2004, 02:35:46 am

The 1180 is based on a Broadcom chipset and the only way to get it to work on linux is using the Linuxant Driverloader

My advice would be to find a different card, I currently use an [url=http://www.ambicom.com/]Ambicom WL1100C-CF with my 5500 and it works great since it\'s based on the Intersil Prism 2.5 chipset, I picked it up at a local Best Buy for $35 after rebate.

Take a look at the [url=http://www.linux-wlan.com/linux-wlan/]linux-wlan site for a complete list of linux supported cards. (http://www.linuxant.com/driverloader/)