can I use wireless & wired cards together?

Brooks Davis brooks at one-eyed-alien.net
Wed Jun 15 23:42:42 GMT 2005


On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 04:33:42PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote:
> 
> 	Sorry if this is a really dumb question, but can I buy a
> 	wireless NIC card for my 5.3 ThinkPad and have it
> 	Just-Work?  If not, how/where do I configure?  The 10-100
> 	card I've had since last July works flawlessly with my CAT5.

Yes, as long as it's supported and you can deal with the fighting dhcp
settings issue if you use both at once on DHCP networks.  On 5.x I'd
recommend an atheros card based on the AR5210 or AR5211.  If you're will
to try 6.x, any Atheros card will work.

-- Brooks

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