[Soekris] Soekris 4521 PCMCIA Card Recommendations

[David Young]

On Wed, Aug 25, 2004 at 11:58:09PM +0200, Wim Vandeputte wrote:
> 
> Dear David,
> 
> On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 07:01:15PM -0400, David Post wrote:
> > What are your recommendations for PCMCIA hardware that would serve in an 
> > AP capacity? I am told I should look into Prism based cards... EnGenius 
> > has come up.
> > What are your experiences with robustness and manufacturer product 
> > support? If you have had experience with PCMCIA vs. miniPCI which would 
> > you recommend?
> 
> Basicly, for 11b, "nobody gets fired for buying Prism 2.5"

Prism 2.5 uses an inordinate amount of CPU with programmed I/O and its
(buggy) firmware keeps you at arms length from important radio parameters.
There are not great alternatives, but Atheros sometimes works.

Dave

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