Re: [OT] "unauthorized" mini-pci wlan cards in thinkpads^WDells

[Disconnect <lkml@sigkill.net>]

I'm using the TrueMobile 1150.  It was about $100 as I recall.  One of
the antenna leads is just barely long enough (it takes some work to get
it in) but it works fine.  (And does monitor mode, with the appropriate
patches.)

A couple of decent sites for linux-on-dell are:
http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/G.Wilford/Inspiron8500/ - lots of
good info, its where I went when I first got my dell set up.
http://www.gotontheinter.net/ - my site, mostly relating to mobile
kernel patches (mostly aimed at the I8500, but thats due to lack of
submissions/requests more than anything else.)

On Tue, 2003-12-16 at 14:55, Hollis Blanchard wrote:
> On Monday, Dec 15, 2003, at 18:03 US/Central, Disconnect wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 2003-12-15 at 18:16, Joel Jaeggli wrote:
> >> the card and antenna are certified together. The cards that were 
> >> certified
> >> with that antenna work in that laptop.
> >
> > And yet I was able to call dell and just order an older card to go in 
> > my
> > Inspiron.  (A standard 802.11b card; orinoco on a pci->cardbus bridge.)
> > The only regulatory info they mentioned was including a pack of the
> > certified-by stickers to replace the ones that were on the laptop from
> > the original card.
> 
> What model Dell card exactly? I'm looking to buy a Linux-compatible 
> minipci wireless card (no Centrino for obvious reasons), and the only 
> models I've found listed at http://tuxmobil.org/minipci_linux.html are 
> apparently no longer for sale. I'd rather not pay for a Cisco Aironet 
> but I'm afraid I might have to.
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