On Mon, 2 Feb 2004, Andrew Robinson wrote: > What was the router firmware issue? > > pctech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > I wouldn't use Belkin wireless products on a dare > > after their whole router firmware issue. their router hijacked a random http connection every 2 hours and redirected it to a website selling some other of their products... joelja > > --- David Hobley <davidh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >>I have the PCI card working with the ndiswrapper > >>under Mandrake (and realising > >>my mistake with Mandrake now trying to configure it > >>with Fedora). > >> > >>I have had no problems with it at all. > >> > >>Cheers, > >>david > >> > >>On Monday 02 February 2004 17:58, Michael Kearey > >>wrote: > >> > >>>Andrew Robinson wrote: > >>> > >>>>In today's Sunday newspaper, Office Max is > >> > >>advertising some very good > >> > >>>>rebate deals on Belkin 802.11g wireless > >> > >>products. (Actually they say > >> > >>>>54G. Is there a difference?) I was looking at > >> > >>the wireless router and > >> > >>>>the wireless notebook card. The PC card would go > >> > >>in a Dell Latittude > >> > >>>>laptop that mostly runs Windows 2000, but on > >> > >>which I also run Linux > >> > >>>>(Redhat 9 currently, though I plan to update to > >> > >>Fedora Core 1). I know > >> > >>>>very little about the relative merits of > >> > >>different vendors' wireless > >> > >>>>products. So I was hoping to get some opinions > >> > >>from folks on this list. > >> > >>>>Is the Belkin router and adapter worth having? > >> > >>Will the laptop adapter > >> > >>>>work with Linux? Any thing else I should know > >> > >>about them? > >> > >>>I have a Belkin PCI card adapter , according to > >> > >>the box '54g' and > >> > >>>802.11b compatible. It's a ' Network controller: > >> > >>Broadcom Corporation > >> > >>>BCM94306 802.11g (rev 02)' for which there are no > >> > >>working drivers in > >> > >>>Linux. HOWEVER.... > >>> > >>>I managed to get it to work using the gadget > >> > >>available at > >> > >>>www.linuxant.com, if you feel like paying a few > >> > >>dollars ($19 US). > >> > >>>There is also a project that does the ndiswrapper. > >>>http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/ that may get > >> > >>it working after a > >> > >>>bit of a fiddle. I haven't tried yet, and didn't > >> > >>know about it until > >> > >>>after I'd got the driver from linuxant :/ > >>> > >>>The thing I like about Belkin is the 'Life time > >> > >>warranty' if that's > >> > >>>any help to you . The thing I really dislike is > >> > >>that they don't have > >> > >>>GPL Linux drivers available.. > >>> > >>>Cheers, > >>>Michael > >> > >> > >> > >>-- > >>fedora-list mailing list > >>fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >>To unsubscribe: > > > > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > > > ===== > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > "Never memorize what you can look up." -Albert Einstein > > > > > > > > -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joel Jaeggli Unix Consulting joelja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx GPG Key Fingerprint: 5C6E 0104 BAF0 40B0 5BD3 C38B F000 35AB B67F 56B2
