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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

> > I use it for everything.  Just got a pcmcia wireless connection with it.
>
> Sindi, I was going to get back to you on this a while ago, probably it would
> not have helped.
>
> I got a (older type, not cardbus) PCMCIA wireless card, a Wavebuddy, just
> over 2 years ago, to try out with Windows 98 before getting one for my niece.
> Eventually got it working.  The slower  b  kind, not a   g   kind.
> Still way faster than dialup.
>
> Can't remember whether I ever got it working with BasicLinux - maybe I got as
> far as looking for drivers, found only source code, and gave up?

I compiled the pcmcia drivers for 2.4.31 from the source code package, but 
Steven already compiled them all for 2.2.26.

> Anyhow, looks like you've got it working now.

Somewhat.  On the desktop with ISA pcmcia slot the pcmcia modems and CF 
adaptor and ethernet cards work in linux, and the wireless modules 
segfault, or insert but iwconfig and iwlist segfault, kernel 2.2.26, with 
the card that worked on two other computers in 2.2.26.


> Philadelphia is (contracted with some Earthlink-related outfit) supposed to
> have city-wide wireless Internet next year some time, maybe some areas will
> have it in the next month or so.  Poor people will get it cheap or maybe even
> free, vs $17.95/month.

Here everyone will get it free, 84K/sec.

> Of course, there are several wi-fi hotspots all over, some free.
Here too, including the public library.

> Since my next-door neighbor put WEP (or something) security on his wireless
> in late 2004 or early 2005, and was unreceptive to my suggestion that I pay a
> small fee for access, I didn't use that wifi card for a long time.
>
> Finally I got low-speed DSL from Verizon in August, then a wireless router so
> that my upstairs friend/neighbor could share it. (The $1 laptop had
> flickering screen [I'm told this means a break in the cable between computer
> and screen], so I got her a $60 laptop)
>
> But so far this year I certainly haven't tried BL on a computer with a
> wireless adapter.

Have you checked if your card is supported by linux?

> Thanks,
> Sheldon

Sindi