[wellylug] Linux friendly wireless pci cards

[Pete Black]

Here is a useful list of cards - someone in NZ will carry at least one 
of these - Netgear MA311 should be available, as should the 3com card

http://resin.csoft.net/cgi-bin/man.cgi?section=4&topic=wi

>Hi there
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>I am attempting to build a mesh network, either using a MeshAP setup
>(www.locustworld.com), or mucking around with my own ad-hoc routing
>algorithms etc.  To do this I need to use a wireless card that can run
>in Ad-Hoc mode.  I really need a Prism2/2.5/3 chipset - at present I
>have been using an Atheros chipset but this has a buggy ad-hoc mode
>when using madwifi drivers, and is completely unstable using
>ndiswrapper ( i prefer to stay away from that anyway).  The problem is
>however, it seems the vast majority of cards are no longer made with a
>Prism2/2.5/3 chipset - so my question is, does anyone know if there
>are any available in New Zealand ANYWHERE?!
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>I should note that I have found one, but this is PCMCIA -
>(http://shop.borg.co.nz/product_info.php?cPath=24_23&products_id=56) -
>and I would rather not go through the additional cost of purchasing
>pcmcia - pci adapters since I need a minimum of 4 cards.  I need pci
>cards since i only have PCs to work with.
>
>Thanks for your time
>Jono
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