From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262356AbTLPUQ6 (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Dec 2003 15:16:58 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262369AbTLPUQ6 (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Dec 2003 15:16:58 -0500 Received: from pcp701542pcs.bowie01.md.comcast.net ([68.50.82.18]:58916 "EHLO floyd.gotontheinter.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262356AbTLPUQ4 (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Dec 2003 15:16:56 -0500 Subject: Re: [OT] "unauthorized" mini-pci wlan cards in thinkpads^WDells From: Disconnect To: Hollis Blanchard Cc: lkml In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1071605807.1658.71.camel@slappy> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 15:16:48 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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. -- Disconnect