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[Steven Hildreth]

I just snagged two of the TM-802G models with 3-day shipping from
PCBay for a total of $49.62, I will report back on my
trail-n-tribulations of making it work a couple of my notebooks.

Later,
Steven (Tallen)


On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 10:54:16 -0500, Jonathan Hutchins
<hutchins at tarcanfel.org> wrote:
> As I understand it, there is the potential for 802.11g cards to disrupt, or at
> least use, frequencies that are used by the military.  Manufactureres have,
> according to rumor, been pressured not to release information that would
> allow users to select these frequencies.  Open Source software does not
> provide any means for manufacturers to do this, and aparantly locking down
> the available frequencies in the hardware is impractical.
> 
> This is just rumor - I have seen no confirmation that there has been any
> pressure on the manufacturers, nor can I confirm that this potential is
> anythnig more than an excuse to stick to a propietary model.
> 
> That said,
> http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Linux.Wireless.drivers.802.11ag.html
> 
> Lists two 802.11g device driver projects, the Prism54 driver at
> http://prism54.org/ and the Intell IPW2200 at
> http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/.
> 
> A little searching finds the prism-based Tekram TM-802G available from
> pcbay.com at $22.98 shipped.
> 
> This article says that Intel is releasing Linux drivers for it's Centrino
> platform:
> http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39156340,00.htm
> 
> Here's an article from someone who picked up a prism based Netgear WG511 for
> $35 a year ago - gotta be cheaper now:
> http://toys.lerdorf.com/archives/15-802.11g-Netgear-WG511-and-Linux.html
> 
> So it's just a matter of putting in the effort to find one that works, even if
> you really want 11g speed for $25.
> 
> 
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