[Angstrom-distro-users] kinda OT: hardware recommendation to replace my dead Netgear MA701 (CF 802.11b and/or g)

[Dr. Michael Lauer]

Joshua Layne wrote:
> sorry for the somewhat off-topic, but I am looking for anyone with
> personal experience on a CF (or SDIO, I suppose) 802.11b/g (or just b)
> card.  I have a Netgear MA701, but it appears to have died.  I've done a
> cursory overview of the HW available and am having trouble finding a 
> clear choice for a replacement.  This is for a h2200 ipaq and I am 
> interested in cards with driver support under Angstrom (including wpa)

Of all the CF 802.11b cards I have worked with, the Intersil-based
Symbol Spectrum24 (LA-4137) performed best. I'm not sure whether this
card is still available though. The second best were the SanDisk
SDWCFB-000 (no additional memory on board) and SDWCFB-128 (128MB on
board).

Regards,

:M:
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