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Hi Sindi,


--- baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote:

> I found this model listed as Wireless-G, which
> means it is a very new one 

Not exactly *very* new -- i've had it for 
over 2 years, and i bought it as "refurbished"
at Fry's, which means that someone else had
already bought it, used it, and returned it
before i got it.

But OK, i suppose in the timeframe which involves
BL, that still counts as "very new" ...


> and they are always cardbus (16-bit cards with
> little gold bumps).  

Yes, that's exactly how it looks.


> BL does not support cardbus cards because
> Steven does not have any 

:(


> (they don't even fit into the slots of older
> laptops). 

Mine slides right into the old Compaq Armada.

 
> The DWL-650 is an older model that uses
> wvlan_cs.o or maybe orinoco_cs (which probably
> won't work with kernel 2.2). Probably not cardbus.

I saw on the previous posts in this thread that
orinoco_cs was being recommended, and i already
have a copy of that in my DeLi distro ... but
that uses kernel 2.4, so i'm guessing that that
module won't work in BL with kernel 2.2 anyway.


> BL3 is based on a 1999 slackware so a 1999 card
> is much more likely to be supported than a
> brand new one.

Again, this card is not exactly what i would
call "brand new". But it is vintage 2005 or 2006.

 
> I suggest an aironet 350 for about $20 at ebay.

That's almost what i paid for the machine!
(only $2 less)


Thanks for all the rest of the your info.
I guess i'll have to deal with not being
connected on this box, unless/until i 
shell out the money for an old card.


-monz