Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2002 01:08:04 -0600 (MDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: bms@spc.org Cc: scott.mitchell@mail.com, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Any opinions on 'Sparklan' WiFi cards? Message-ID: <20021001.010804.105105030.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <20020930162959.GS26352@spc.org> References: <20020930172333.A8623@fishballoon.dyndns.org> <20020930162959.GS26352@spc.org>
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Bruce M Simpson <bms@spc.org> writes:
: On Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 05:23:33PM +0100, Scott Mitchell wrote:
: [snip]
: > They're pretty cheap -- =A356 for the PCCard and =A368 for the PCI =
from
: > http://www.scan.co.uk/, so maybe worth a go if they're not complete=
: > rubbish.
: =
: Be aware that PC World are currently selling the Sitecom PCMCIA-to-PC=
I
: bridge adapters for 25 UKP or so on Tottenham Court Road, London.
: =
: These have the Ricoh RL5C475 bridge chip and appear to have no other =
logic,
: so it may be safe to assume that they're not locked to any specific b=
rand
: of 802.11 card (or PCMCIA device for that matter). I haven't bought o=
ne yet,
: though, so I can't confirm this, but I did get a good look at one in =
the
: anti-static wrapping inside the box.
The Ricoh '475 based pci cards are in my testbed, and are known to
work.
Warner
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