... warning .. kinda long message ... :-|
Hi all ... I recently picked up a d-link DI-614+ wireless router recently (actually, two of them as they were basically giving them away!). It's a 802.11b access point (with the obligatory switched 4port router) ... it doesn't support router-to-router wireless connectivity itself (that's in a different model i think) ... so I'm looking for a wireless card for my pc and/or my laptop ... Since this model of the d-link product line is the "air plus" line which use their so-called enhanced 802.11b by bumping it up to 22Mbps ... as it utilizes the TI PBCC modulation on their ACX100 chipsets. I thought I could use that with my linux installation, but the driver for the TI chipset is not "production" yet as it's still in development as TI hasn't released any real technical information about it's chipset... (hiss, boo) so my question .. has anyone used or tried to use these chipsets from TI with any success? (under linux of course) .. I found some info on various sites, but also the wlan site: ftp://ftp.linux-wlan.org/pub/linux-wlan-ng/FAQ
As for other options, I could just buy a USB wireless adapter (as i'm interested in swapping it now and then with my pc upstairs with my laptop) ... from what I read, they appear to work for the most part depending upon the chipset used .. seems prism is by far the most widely supported ... I think I even recall reading that the atmel usb-based wireless adapters are not supported ... so there seems to be various chipsets supported under various interfaces. It even appears that the rf-mon feature of apps like kismet ( http://kismetwireless.net ) are not supported on the usb interface or atmel adapter or some such .
Anyone have any thoughts or suggestions on options?
I recently looked at some cards from various local vendors and came up with the following:
netgear MA101 (usb1.1) $90 http://www.netgear.com/products/prod_details.asp?prodID=105&view= NE nwu11b-ca (usb1.1) $100 http://www.networkeverywhere.com/products/nwu11b.asp Linksys WUSB11-ca v2.6 (usb1.1) $75 http://www.linksys.com/Products/product.asp?grid=22&prid=174 MS MN-510 $100 (choke) http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/broadbandnetworking/wirelessusbadapter.asp... SMC SMC2662W $80 http://www.smc.com/index.cfm?sec=Products&pg=Product-Details&prod=26... DLINK DWL-650+ $70 (that's the TI-based chipset) (and it's pcmcia, not usb) http://www.dlink.ca/products/DigitalHome/Wireless/dwl650+/
... any info greatly appreciated ... I thought I'd raise the question at the upcoming muug meeting and thought that if I broadcasted it now, I might get further info as well :-) ... I'm probably looking at buying something fairly soon, so I'm still on an information gathering spree ...
Thanks.
Dan.