[ale] Linspire 5.0

[Keith Hopkins]

Which pavilion laptop model do you have?

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   Keith


Geoffrey wrote:
> Chris Ricker wrote:
> 
>> On Thu, 26 May 2005, Geoffrey wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Dump ndiswrapper and get a good prism54 or an atheros based card.  
>>> 3com makes
>>> a prism54 card and I picked up a blitzz card that has an antheros 
>>> card.  $40
>>> at Wal-Mart (BWP 712).  Both work with late versions of Suse, RH and 
>>> Mandrake.
>>
>>
>>
>> I like the Intel 2200 b/g and Intel 2915 a/b/g for mini-PCI if your 
>> notebooks support that
> 
> 
> I'm curious what you mean by 'support that.'  I assumed that if you had 
> a mini-pc, any mini-pc card should work.  Am I incorrect on this 
> assumption?
> 
> I recently tried to use an Xterasys mini-pci card in my hp pavilion.  It 
> won't even boot with the card in.  I get:
> 
> 104-Unsupported wireless network device detected.
> System haulted.  Remove device and restart.
> 
> I figured this was simply hp's way of forcing you to purchase the higher 
> priced laptop that has the card already in it.
> 
> I'm assuming it might be that this laptop does not have an antenna for a 
> mini-pci card, thus they don't want you calling support when such a card 
> does not work.  I was expecting that card would work, just that my range 
> would be (quite) limited.
> 
> Insights would be appreciated.
> 
>>
>> The drivers are open source and well-maintained, and they've got 
>> monitor mode enabled in the firmware now (so kismet and friends work 
>> ;-). The cards are quite cheap too - I think I paid $20 each for an 
>> order of 2200s.
> 
> 
> Pointers for where one might purchase such a card?
> 

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