Re: Wireless cards for the J720?

Stefan Lehner <[email protected]> Wed, 24 Nov 2021 20:16:44 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.os.netbsd.ports.hpcarm
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi!

I mean PRISM 2.5. Dont know is the PRISM 2 chipsets work ...



Am 24.11.2021 um 14:32 schrieb Abu Hussain Al Mukhtar:
> Hi! Thank you for your reply.
> I am not sure what you mean with PRISM 2? There seems to be both
> PRISM II and PRISM 2.5. Your card appears as a 2.5, but would a
> PRISM II work as well? I am namely thinking of the widely available
> Nokia D211, which is apparently PRISM II.
>
> For a wired connection (I don't usually connect to wireless networks
> unless I REALLY need to), I was thinking of a DLINK DFE-670TXD, which
> has a 16-bit bus, but I could not find any information about its
> chipset, or any mention of it in the NetBSD documentation, so I'm
> not sure.
>
> Thanks!
>
> * Stefan Lehner <[email protected]>:
>> Hello!
>>
>> The Jornada 720 only supports 16 Bit PCMCIA cards. I used an AmbiCom
>> WL1100C-CF card - Any card with an PRISM 2 chipset should work.
>>
>> http://www.sp-net.at/wiki/doku.php?id=prism2wifi
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Stefan
>>
>>
>> Am 24.11.2021 um 09:03 schrieb Abu Hussain Al Mukhtar:
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> It's been a while since this topic has been brought up.
>>>
>>> I just got a Jornada 720 and I would like to be able to connect
>>> it to a modern wireless network. Does the J720 support cards for
>>> 32-bit busses?  Can you recommend me some reliable card(s)?
>>> Please do so naming their commercial names, not their chipsets.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance for all help!
>>>