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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Cf/pcmcia For 802.11a/b/g

« on: September 28, 2005, 09:59:36 am »

Well, I'm probably looking at an Orinoco Gold a/b/g if I can get my hands on it, which I'm told works under Linux with the MADWIFI drivers.  Any thoughts on my likelyhood of getting that running under OZ?

UPDATE:  Although, now that I'm looking at it, it seems to be a 32bit card, which I believe won't work in a CF adapter... right?  So I'm going to need to find a 16bit a/b/g card.  Which I'm guessing is the holy grail.

Thanks!

Let us know what they are, and we might be able to tell you how difficult it might be...


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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Cf/pcmcia For 802.11a/b/g

« on: September 27, 2005, 05:00:50 pm »

Ahh... thanks for the clarification.  And in fact, looking at several of the products I plan on buying, they do indeed seem to support CF to PC-Card.  So, provided I can muster the savvy to compile the linux drivers.... oh what are the odds of that?  =)  Well, it's not my money, so I'll try anyway.

Thanks again!

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Cf/pcmcia For 802.11a/b/g

« on: September 27, 2005, 09:19:33 am »

I was under the impression that those terms were essentially interchangable... aren't PC cards all PCMCIA compatable?  Do I need to be disillusioned of this?

The PCMCIA expander should work fine, but you may well have troubles finding a PCMCIA (as opposed to PC-CARD) wifi card.

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Cf/pcmcia For 802.11a/b/g

« on: September 27, 2005, 08:45:19 am »

Hey, all!

I'm thinking about picking up a 5500 for use as a handheld wifi scanner... was wondering if anyone had any information/experience using a CF to PCMCIA expander to get an 802.11/a/b/g PCMCIA card running thereon.  Would this be supported in the current version of OZ?  Any links or advice?

Thanks!

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