From: "J R FOX" Received: from [192.168.100.201] (HELO mail.2rosenthals.com) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.16) with ESMTP id 1969500 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:41:04 -0500 Received: from secmgr-va.2rosenthals.com ([162.83.95.194] helo=mail2.2rosenthals.com) by secmgr-ny.randr with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.43) id 1NEnlc-0008WK-G9 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:41:03 -0500 Received: from web81408.mail.mud.yahoo.com ([68.142.199.136]:45462) by mail2.2rosenthals.com with smtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NEnlQ-0002Ey-1u for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:40:48 -0500 Received: (qmail 43291 invoked by uid 60001); 29 Nov 2009 17:34:06 -0000 X-CTCH-RefID: str=0001.0A020203.4B12B220.015A,ss=1,fgs=0 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=pacbell.net; s=s1024; t=1259516046; bh=rrgsfe5JbqiCIJaWWaX7qpdnCMCtMgzmQhrxae5s33w=; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=gYSNxpnXDqyniNe9OHKxT2vjeVU55fuD6/wvy4p354y0xr/xVWgR9lG+2evuIe8tULjH87S1J5SQBx1eDYGdwU4OK+boTrtnEpPG6KB8870wZE/52+vzNGHRMi8Tn90PhXANqG9PfPbwsW6v1SXo0plfvuGIfhlLzynKgXk1ffQ= DomainKey-Signature:a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=pacbell.net; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=0B0vBzxRCR3FHFy+Xkcu3AusMGJo8JxwtOfJXa4TpoLHG0oYcL3jvWMCfKbWNAgBNBgF5zW7+mIrgjgFsRnCduh2G6M4vxN/EZAikwEB4S9TVANmrx/eLdcd2gB6v5x6NL2TBH65SHwaCjtwXZ9/76YnyX6kr23OC+jtIIyyUHw=; Message-ID: <19090.40832.qm@web81408.mail.mud.yahoo.com> X-YMail-OSG: fARzG2MVM1mIig05LzvS3BNhW_q8fd2N5kEJBsyysxzcqrTIi6JUlmJQql2OIB1b7U3cvqpo.K8jAaWyV2ZcU.80k_qbKPZgkx6W.GDyn0oGpGRbf1A_4R64wwP6SH233jw6x40dH7F0XkFyw7AvyQAHSnKxvFHZDO7z0Uz_eGTjh4CS5FYt2URdDGTWGgzBXC4wAHVgzEIXLWqbYMyjZhT.GLWMU_AhEZP2hnSob3AWpbRvJizr_UvYrV1DeNuZoAKcZdoBjtsNf5UOwsdwwMmrrhwsmip2A014Ea7ZTVe5vdc8vSjQ1eEjZygoa.io7RDeMoo- Received: from [98.155.44.241] by web81408.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:34:05 PST X-Mailer: YahooMailClassic/8.1.6 YahooMailWebService/0.8.100.260964 Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:34:05 -0800 (PST) Subject: USB wireless NICs (external) To: os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Score: 1.4 (+) X-Spam-Report: 1.4 DNS_FROM_RFC_POST RBL: Envelope sender in postmaster.rfc-ignorant.org This is a question I've had in mind for a long time, but this=20 list should be a much better place to ask than what previously=20 turned up in my attempts to research it. The computers I've been using more than any others, over the=20 last few years, are a couple models of the Shuttle XPC series.=C2=A0=20 (SFF -- small form factor -- about the size of two shoeboxes,=20 stacked.)=C2=A0 They each have one free PCI slot, and that's it.=C2=A0=20 I could have put conventional wireless NIC cards in, choosing=20 ones that were also supported for eCS, but I didn't.=C2=A0 In one,=20 I reserved that single slot for other use.=C2=A0 The other one has=20 a higher performance video card that is effectively a "1.5" --=20 not the double-wide kind, but still thick enough to compromise=20 use of the adjacent PCI slot.=C2=A0=20 My solution was to use an external, thumb-drive style NIC-stick.=C2=A0=20 This gave me very convenient internet access, but only on the=20 Dark Side.=C2=A0 (I've used different ones -- like from Hawking --=20 that were based on Atheros, Broadcom, or Zydax chipsets.)=C2=A0 I=20 did read my way through those websites that compile the wireless- NICs-for-OS/2 info, but what I found there indicated that support=20 for this type of NIC under OS/2 | eCS was going to be a non-=20 starter.=C2=A0 They are apparently a special case that does not fall=20 within the umbrella of Genmac.=C2=A0 There were some Alpha or Beta=20 drivers for Linux in circulation, but that appeared to be as close=20 as we could get, i.e. not very.=C2=A0 I'm not going to be coding or=20 porting any drivers in the forseeable future.=20 So, I was wondering if anyone on the list might just happen to=20 know of some NIC-stick model I'm unaware of, that _has_ been=20 made to work under eCS ?=C2=A0=20 =C2=A0 Jordan --=20 This email was Anti Virus checked by Astaro Security Gateway. http://www.as= taro.com