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honkybear · Joined: 13 Sep 2005 Posts: 6 Location: Flagstaff Arizona

There was a website www.digitalkingdoms.com/s7ether/ Which had a list of cards which worked with the Netbook and Series 7. However this website is no more anyone knowing this info would be greatly appreciated. I remember one of these was the Cisco. Hope this creates a bit of discussion. As I think this is the sort of information which is relevant to your forum. Thanks Very Happy

MartinG · Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 9:05 am Post subject:

Wasn't aware of that site previously but the one most people quote is the EPOCFAQish (http://www.epocfaq.co.uk/) and specifically you'll be interested in: http://www.epocfaq.co.uk/faqNetworks.htm.

Cheers,
Martin
PS: Moved this to 'Articles' since it's probably more related to that.

lohtse · Joined: 29 Jul 2005 Posts: 38

It's not bad EPOCFAQish but is very out dated. How about People here letting others know which network cards they Use???

I use a Avaya Wireless World Card in my netbook and they cost less than £25 (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Lucent-Orinoco-Avaya-wifi-card-Win-Linux-wardrive_W0QQitemZ5808883878QQcategoryZ45000QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem) It works a treat......

WHat about everyone else????

regards
Andrew

JonB · Joined: 05 Aug 2005 Posts: 91 Location: Hull, UK

Personally I use the Buffalo PCMCIA (because the nB doesn't support cardbus) card using the Lucent chipset (so it works with encryption and the NetStat RF program) which also has a low power requirement.

Best of all you can pick 'em up on eBay these days for less than £20!

I believe this is also the card mentioned in Martins WiFi article so he may be able to provide more technical information but all in all I don't think they come more compatible than this one.

Manufacturers datasheet (PDF)
http://www.buffalotech.com/wirele...cts/pdf/WLIPCML11GP_datasheet.pdf

Anyone know of anything better?

lohtse · Joined: 29 Jul 2005 Posts: 38

The Avaya I use(mentioned above) supports WEP etc. And from what I can figure is basicaly Very similar to a buffalo card even down to chip sets.

regards
Andrew

MartinG · Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2005 11:30 am Post subject: Re: Best card?

lohtse · Joined: 29 Jul 2005 Posts: 38

Martin your correct. But when I was looking for a wifi card ebay had Buffalos for £60 so whet for the cheaper option. So the bulge as you put it is just a minor and I do mean minor problem. That I am happy to put up with.

regards
Andrew

scorpio · Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Posts: 18 Location: London

I believe that there were two versions of the Buffalo card, one with and one without a bulge.

My card does not have a bulge, and has a model no. of WLI-PCM-L11GP.

I got to say that after trying several cards this one is definitely the best I've used. The US Robotics card I had worked, but only if you were sitting next to the access point, and the Cisco one I couldn't get working at all.

I paid £25 for the card which I think is money very well spent.

Chaz

JonB · Joined: 05 Aug 2005 Posts: 91 Location: Hull, UK

Yeah that's the cards model number.

As you say it does have a good range, espectially for the power requirements!

Jonas · Joined: 13 Jul 2005 Posts: 95 Location: Gemany

JonB · Joined: 05 Aug 2005 Posts: 91 Location: Hull, UK

WEP is supported by the netBook itself it is however down to the chipset as to whether it will work or not. The Lucent chipset used by the Buffalo card does work.