Re: Replacement minipci cards?

> I only found this guy.  It doesn't say that it works with Linux.  If
> it works with the madwifi drivers I guess that is good enough.  Anyone
> know for sure?
> 
> https://shop.invictusnetworks.com/detail.php?id=16080

The AR5413 chipset, which that uses, works fine with the madwifi driver:

http://madwifi.org/wiki/Compatibility/Compex

So, I'm sure you'll be good. Geez, 400mW, huh? That's pretty awesome.

If you want some more options, the Winstron CM9 is another Atheros a/b/g 
minipci card that we've used extensively and happen to like. You can get 
it here:

http://www.netgate.com/product_info.php?cPath=26_34&products_id=126

It's only 100mW, though.

>> the T30 came stock with a modem/wifi card combo

It should be noted that new and future laptops are likely to have the 
PCI Express mini-card socket instead of the mini-pci socket. This was a 
bit of a shock for me on ordering some laptops recently. The two sockets 
are certainly not compatible and with Intel pushing hard on PCI-Express 
it's likely mini-card is the future. There /are/ atheros-based 
mini-cards [1], but madwifi support is still very bleeding-edge [2]...

[1] http://sparklan.com/category.php?cat_id=55
[2] http://madwifi.org/ticket/784

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