OS/2 driver works great (128bit encoding too)
and it runs fine on Linux (Knoppix for me).
Drivers for all these bluescreen systems.
Bruno
On Tue, 08 Feb 05 15:32:39 -0500, newbury@mandamus.org wrote:
>Hello, All
>
>I'm new to this list, (but not to OS/2). I'm thinking of purchasing a
>wireless card so I can make use of the wireless capabilities of the
>Linksys 54G router I recently bought.
>
>This subject is *quite* confusing. This list is good, but it only archives
>the messages and does not filter nor synthesize the results of all of your
>testing and playing around.
>
>So given that what is presently available is about to drop into the
>remainder bins, here is the question:
>What is the easiest (and cheapest) combination of hardware and software
>which I can get, today and is there any prospect that a 11g combination is
>likely to appear?
>
>I'm running Warp 4, FP15, DD2, upgrades to WR8425/IP8532/UN0980 and
>LanServer on an IBM Thinkpad 600E (triple booted with Mepis Linux (a
>Debian based distro) and (gak!) Win98 (which I have to use occasionally)).
>Note that this is the top of the TCPIP 4.0 range for OS/2. Presently this
>machine is using a Xircom Cardbus RBE-100 PCMCIA card for its NIC...Hoping
>to just plug in a wireless replacement.
>
>(One of these days, when I get a 'round tu-it' I'm going to try the
>upgrade to TCPIP4.1 which may, or may not, break the Lanserver side of
>things...It *appears* that I may be able to upgrade some of the TCPIP
>utilities manually so that things work. If it turned out that I could only
>get a wireless driver to work with a 32 bit TCPIP, then I probably could
>stop using server on the Thinkpad....I would revert to using Requester
>against the desktop and back-room server....so compatibility is a small
>issue).
>
>I have not bought, nor am I likely to buy Software Choice or
>eCS...although a recent UDF.IFS would be nice I really do think that my
>PVR will be Linux based...
>
>SO? What is the easiest route using a PCMCIA card?
> 1) Buy an Artem card and use it's driver? (Does that have a Linux
>and Win driver?
> 2) Find one of the magic Cisco 350 cards...and then where do I
>find the OS/2 driver which will work with it...? Links anyone?
> 3) Find a someothercard with a Prism?/Orinoco chipset?
> 4) Does it change things if I decide to get a Thinkpad T40 or
>X30...what exactly are the distinguishing markers between the different
>min-PCI cards and where do I find drivers for them?
> 5) Is anyone trying to make an OS/2 version of ndiswrapper? Should
>I wait for a .11g card and driver combo?
>
>Answers/pointers need not be long...just some thoughts please.
>
>Geoff
>
>On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 11:16:46 -0800, Neil Waldhauer wrote:
>
>>What is hard is to make a complete, coherent OS/2 story. There always seems to
>>be something missing or not quite there. 802.11 wireless is nowhere close to
>>the weak point for OS/2. The point is to pay close attention to the customer,
>>and to find what is essential.
>>
>>Right now, it's amazing we have even this much OS/2 support. Worrying about not
>>having 802.11g support, when it's coming anyway, seems like a waste of time.
>>Better to concentrate on the things we can change.
>
>R. Geoffrey Newbury newbury@mandamus.org
>Barrister and Solicitor Telephone: 905-271-9600
>Mississauga,Ontario, Canada Facsimile: 905-271-1638
>
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