Re: Any opinions on 'Sparklan' WiFi cards?
"M. Warner Losh" <[email protected]>
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In message: <[email protected]> Bruce M Simpson <[email protected]> writes: : On Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 05:23:33PM +0100, Scott Mitchell wrote: : [snip] : > They're pretty cheap -- £56 for the PCCard and £68 for the PCI from : > http://www.scan.co.uk/, so maybe worth a go if they're not complete : > rubbish. : : Be aware that PC World are currently selling the Sitecom PCMCIA-to-PCI : bridge adapters for 25 UKP or so on Tottenham Court Road, London. : : These have the Ricoh RL5C475 bridge chip and appear to have no other logic, : so it may be safe to assume that they're not locked to any specific brand : of 802.11 card (or PCMCIA device for that matter). I haven't bought one yet, : though, so I can't confirm this, but I did get a good look at one in the : anti-static wrapping inside the box. The Ricoh '475 based pci cards are in my testbed, and are known to work. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to [email protected] with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message