200mW Prism 2.5 cards

henry tieman henryt_NOSPAM at aracnet.com
Fri Feb 6 21:49:36 PST 2004


I just got a Prism2 card at Frys for $26 - it's the AirLink+ WLC010. It 
works with FreeBSD stable. When I tap on it the card has this hollow 
sound that doesn't inspire confidence but it works with FreeBSD stable. 
I have not been able to test it hard but so far it seems to work OK.

Then I got on the web and looked up this card. It seems to be a generic 
card from Taiwan and labeled differently for various store brands - but 
all using WLC010 as the part number. I found at least 3 other brands 
with 802.11b cards with the same specs, photos and part number - very odd.

I have been told that I should be carefull of store brands because they 
change suppliers without changing part numbers. So I would take this 
with a grain of salt. But I thought I would share my experience.

Henry

Peter Radcliffe wrote:

>Various people have been posting looking for 802.11b wireless cards
>that are happy with -stable. Netgate are currently selling 200mW prism
>2.5 cards for $65.
>
>http://www.netgate.com/EL2511.html
>
>P.
>
>  
>
-- 
Henry Tieman
Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear.




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