Re: Which card...CHOSEN
David Gibbons <[email protected]>
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Tobias Rice wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Russell Senior wrote: > |>>>>>"John" == John Hampton <[email protected]> writes: > | > | > | John> I'm not using the Senao, but I've got a prism2 chipset card in > | John> my home-made linux firewall/wireless AP. So if you wan't the > | John> little extra power, don't be afraid of linux compatability. > | > | Regarding the high-power cards, bear in mind that they have transmit > | power but they don't have extra reception sensitivity, so unless the > | radio you are talking to has high power (or antenna-enhanced power > | through a narrowed beam), it doesn't actually give you any additional > | range. > | > | > Thanks to everybody for their suggestions. I wound up getting the Senao > because the drivers are in the 2.6 kernel, most of the tools I'll be > using have support for the Prism2.5 chipset, and this card has the best > sensitivity of the all the fore mentioned cards. How much it end up costing you?