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

[Joshua Layne]

On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:36:39 +0200, "Dr. Michael Lauer"
<mickey at vanille-media.de> wrote:
> 
> 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).
> 
Thanks for all the replies. I also (belatedly) found and read the relevant
section of the manual (variant of RTFM):
http://linuxtogo.org/gowiki/AngstromManual

after reviewing that and the feedback, I think I will try to find another
prism-based card.  I need WPA to connect both at home (I could change that,
but I'd rather not) and at work (can't change that) - and it looks like
that means hostap currently.

I assume the SDIO status hasn't changed from the statement in the manual.

Both the Sandisk SDWCFB-000 and the Ambicom WL1100CCFC2 (the Ambicom
WL1100C-CF is different) look _identical_ to the Netgear MA701 card, which
worries me, since I had the netgear die.

Current thinking is the Linksys WCF12 (if I can find one) or the Ambicom
WL1100C-CF.

Thanks again - sorry to spam the list with something I should have found on
the wiki.  OTOH, I did learn something about the difference between B and G
that I was unaware of previously :)

josh