[MLB-WIRELESS] milestone

[Michael Bailey]

Orinoco cards support iBSS (Ad-Hoc) mode. You may want to install a more recent version
of the firmware using the software from Lucent.    (see http://www.hyperlinktech.com/)

I'm running one under linux using a PCI adaptor in a cheap PC. It makes for a great AP!

It also opens the possibility for putting another card in and routing between two wireless
networks. Has anyone else done that yet?

Orinoco card (USD $99),
PCI adaptor  (USD $59),
not having to buy another laptop for an AP...priceless!

cheers,

Mike


On Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 04:42:35PM +1000, Drew wrote:
> if i was buying a card now, i'd get either a cisco lmc352 or a lucent
> orinoco or clone. they have the best receive sensitivity of any cards, and
> imho that's just as important as power output. both work in linux, have
> antenna jacks, pretty sure both can wep sniff, cisco is 100mW/lucent is
> 30mW, don't think either will do ad-hoc though (need prism2 so far), both do
> 11mbps, and the lucent is cheap(er).
> 
> d
> 
> > What I am after is a card that:
> >
> > - works in linux
> > - has a jack for an external antenna.
> > - is based on a chipset which can do WEP sniffing (PrismII only??)
> > - is high powered enough to get reasonable distances (100mW ?)
> > - works in ad-hoc mode under linux.
> > - 11mbps
> > - cheap ! :)
> >
> > anyone got any suggestions??
> >
> > cheers, Iain.
> 
> 
> 
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