From: David F. <df...@gm...> - 2007-05-18 07:05:01
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greetings all, So the wifistix can not become an access point, I need to buy a compact wifi card to use with the netCF expansion board to make my gumstix/robostix be able to host a wireless server. I would like to know which card apart from the netgear MA701 is suitable for this application, what are some recommendations? thanks, David |
From: William M. <nyp...@gm...> - 2007-05-18 11:55:03
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On 5/18/07, David Fonseca <df...@gm...> wrote: > greetings all, > > So the wifistix can not become an access point, I need to buy a compact wifi > card to use with the netCF expansion board to make my gumstix/robostix be > able to host a wireless server. I would like to know which card apart from > the netgear MA701 is suitable for this application, what are some > recommendations? > > thanks, > David I haven't gotten into this yet, but why can't you use hostap with wifistix? |
From: William M. <nyp...@gm...> - 2007-05-18 11:56:42
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> I haven't gotten into this yet, but why can't you use hostap with wifistix? Nevermind....and sorry about the double post. |
From: Bruce D. L. <lig...@li...> - 2007-05-18 16:55:40
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David Fonseca wrote: > greetings all, > > So the wifistix can not become an access point, I need to buy a > compact wifi card to use with the netCF expansion board to make my > gumstix/robostix be able to host a wireless server. I would like to > know which card apart from the netgear MA701 is suitable for this > application, what are some recommendations? What I can tell you is to beware of the Ambicom WL1100C-CF 802.11b Wifi card. It simply did not work for me...a newly purchased card. I "fooled" with the driver a bit, like others have clearly done, and then finally gave up. I asked this group a few weeks back for comments, but received none. Then, I bought a used Netgear MA701 compact flash card (also 802.11b) and it seems to be working just fine. Having been "burned" once (by the gumstix Wiki FAQ), I *too* would like to know who has had a positive *personal experience* with any CF WiFi card on the gumstix computers, besides the Netgear MA701. And, I'd like to "hunt down" the person that posted on the Wiki the claim: "the Ambicom WL1100C-CF card which is 802.11b works fine"! :-) I'd especially like to know if anyone has made any of the newer 802.11*g* CF WiFi cards work. Best regards, Bruce -- Bruce D. Lightner Lightner Engineering La Jolla, California Voice: +1-858-551-4011 FAX: +1-858-551-0777 Email: lig...@li... URL: http://www.lightner.net/lightner/bruce/ |
From: Craig H. <cr...@gu...> - 2007-05-18 19:59:08
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I think part of the problem with these CF wifi cards (and pcmcia and USB and others too) is that the products sold are not all the same. For example, a model XY123 card from vendor ABC will contain a completely different chipset between revisions 1.0 and 2.0 of XY123 -- but nothing on the packaging for the card or anything you can see before you buy will even tell you what revision of the product a given unit is. So you'll do a google search for "XY123 linux driver" and find something like our wiki page which says it works -- but the info pertained to revision 1.0 which was sold last year, not 2.0 which is what you get if you buy new today. It seems like a particularly horrible practice of the wifi card vendors to substitute completely new product and give it the same model number and just change a revision number, but it seems to be utterly commonplace to do so. My advice, after having done some work at gumstix to try and identify possible chipset alternatives for future wifi products, is that ralink's chipsets have by far the best linux support available for "modern" chipsets. So I would suggest trying to find cards which include, in their current revision, ralink chipsets. If you don't mind only getting 802.11b (rather than g) and/or don't mind buying used product on ebay or elsewhere, then I would strongly advise sticking with the MA701 -- as far as I know, every revision of that card ever made had the same chipset, but the firmware revision on a given card might not be up to scratch. Flashing new firmware though is somewhat well documented online, and can be done from a gumstix (I've done it myself several times). Using the latest firmware on the MA701 "just works". C On May 18, 2007, at 9:55 AM, Bruce D. Lightner wrote: > David Fonseca wrote: >> greetings all, >> >> So the wifistix can not become an access point, I need to buy a >> compact wifi card to use with the netCF expansion board to make my >> gumstix/robostix be able to host a wireless server. I would like to >> know which card apart from the netgear MA701 is suitable for this >> application, what are some recommendations? > > What I can tell you is to beware of the Ambicom WL1100C-CF 802.11b > Wifi > card. It simply did not work for me...a newly purchased card. I > "fooled" with the driver a bit, like others have clearly done, and > then > finally gave up. > > I asked this group a few weeks back for comments, but received none. > > Then, I bought a used Netgear MA701 compact flash card (also 802.11b) > and it seems to be working just fine. > > Having been "burned" once (by the gumstix Wiki FAQ), I *too* would > like > to know who has had a positive *personal experience* with any CF WiFi > card on the gumstix computers, besides the Netgear MA701. And, I'd > like > to "hunt down" the person that posted on the Wiki the claim: "the > Ambicom WL1100C-CF card which is 802.11b works fine"! :-) > > I'd especially like to know if anyone has made any of the newer > 802.11*g* CF WiFi cards work. > > Best regards, > > Bruce > > -- > Bruce D. Lightner > Lightner Engineering > La Jolla, California > Voice: +1-858-551-4011 > FAX: +1-858-551-0777 > Email: lig...@li... > URL: http://www.lightner.net/lightner/bruce/ > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > gumstix-users mailing list > gum...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users |
From: MadAlexGumstix <Gum...@ma...> - 2007-05-18 22:00:49
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On Fri, 18 May 2007 12:59:20 -0700, "Craig Hughes" <cr...@gu...> said: > I think part of the problem with these CF wifi cards (and pcmcia and > USB and others too) is that the products sold are not all the same. > For example, a model XY123 card from vendor ABC will contain a > completely different chipset between revisions 1.0 and 2.0 of XY123 -- > but nothing on the packaging for the card or anything you can see > before you buy will even tell you what revision of the product a given > unit is. ... I completely agree, with the additional comment that ... > My advice, after having done some work at gumstix to try and identify > possible chipset alternatives for future wifi products, is that > ralink's chipsets have by far the best linux support available for > "modern" chipsets. So I would suggest trying to find cards which > include, in their current revision, ralink chipsets. If you don't > mind only getting 802.11b (rather than g) and/or don't mind buying > used product on ebay or elsewhere, then I would strongly advise > sticking with the MA701 -- ... ... I'm not really interested in any WiFi solutions (CF or USB) that aren't _currently in production and readily available at retail_, much less any solutions that don't do G, and I have customers who are greatly interested in WiFi rfmon capabilities. If you go to Netgear's site and type "MA701" into the search box, you get _0_ hits - there are no CF cards on the WiFi adapter product pages. And Netgear isn't the only major OEM that's abandoned their CF Wifi product line. AFAICT, finding a retail CF WiFi G adapter with a known chipset having Linux rfmon capabilities is a pipe dream, so I'm screwed for the gumstix platform unless I design my own expansion board. :( -- Alex > On May 18, 2007, at 9:55 AM, Bruce D. Lightner wrote: > > > David Fonseca wrote: > >> greetings all, > >> > >> So the wifistix can not become an access point, I need to buy a > >> compact wifi card to use with the netCF expansion board to make my > >> gumstix/robostix be able to host a wireless server. I would like to > >> know which card apart from the netgear MA701 is suitable for this > >> application, what are some recommendations? > > > > What I can tell you is to beware of the Ambicom WL1100C-CF 802.11b > > Wifi card. It simply did not work for me...a newly purchased card. > > I "fooled" with the driver a bit, like others have clearly done, and > > then finally gave up. > > > > I asked this group a few weeks back for comments, but received none. > > > > Then, I bought a used Netgear MA701 compact flash card (also > > 802.11b) and it seems to be working just fine. > > > > Having been "burned" once (by the gumstix Wiki FAQ), I *too* would > > like to know who has had a positive *personal experience* with any > > CF WiFi card on the gumstix computers, besides the Netgear MA701. > > And, I'd like to "hunt down" the person that posted on the Wiki > > the claim: "the Ambicom WL1100C-CF card which is 802.11b works > > fine"! :-) > > > > I'd especially like to know if anyone has made any of the newer > > 802.11*g* CF WiFi cards work. > > > > Best regards, > > > > Bruce > > > > -- > > Bruce D. Lightner Lightner Engineering La Jolla, California Voice: > > +1-858-551-4011 FAX: +1-858-551-0777 Email: lig...@li... > > URL: http://www.lightner.net/lightner/bruce/ > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------ > > --- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C > > - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No > > limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > > _______________________________________________ > > gumstix-users mailing list gum...@li... > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > -------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - > the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No > limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > gumstix-users mailing list gum...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users |
From: David F. <df...@gm...> - 2007-05-19 05:20:11
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It seems that the best solution is still the MA701, however these cards are hard to find specially if you are in Australia. Does anyone know a place where I can buy one that will ship to Australia? On 5/18/07, MadAlexGumstix <Gum...@ma...> wrote: > > > On Fri, 18 May 2007 12:59:20 -0700, "Craig Hughes" > <cr...@gu...> said: > > I think part of the problem with these CF wifi cards (and pcmcia and > > USB and others too) is that the products sold are not all the same. > > For example, a model XY123 card from vendor ABC will contain a > > completely different chipset between revisions 1.0 and 2.0 of XY123 -- > > but nothing on the packaging for the card or anything you can see > > before you buy will even tell you what revision of the product a given > > unit is. ... > > I completely agree, with the additional comment that ... > > > > My advice, after having done some work at gumstix to try and identify > > possible chipset alternatives for future wifi products, is that > > ralink's chipsets have by far the best linux support available for > > "modern" chipsets. So I would suggest trying to find cards which > > include, in their current revision, ralink chipsets. If you don't > > mind only getting 802.11b (rather than g) and/or don't mind buying > > used product on ebay or elsewhere, then I would strongly advise > > sticking with the MA701 -- ... > > ... I'm not really interested in any WiFi solutions (CF or USB) that > aren't _currently in production and readily available at retail_, much > less any solutions that don't do G, and I have customers who are greatly > interested in WiFi rfmon capabilities. > > If you go to Netgear's site and type "MA701" into the search box, you > get _0_ hits - there are no CF cards on the WiFi adapter product pages. > And Netgear isn't the only major OEM that's abandoned their CF Wifi > product line. AFAICT, finding a retail CF WiFi G adapter with a known > chipset having Linux rfmon capabilities is a pipe dream, so I'm screwed > for the gumstix platform unless I design my own expansion board. :( > > -- > Alex > > > > On May 18, 2007, at 9:55 AM, Bruce D. Lightner wrote: > > > > > David Fonseca wrote: > > >> greetings all, > > >> > > >> So the wifistix can not become an access point, I need to buy a > > >> compact wifi card to use with the netCF expansion board to make my > > >> gumstix/robostix be able to host a wireless server. I would like to > > >> know which card apart from the netgear MA701 is suitable for this > > >> application, what are some recommendations? > > > > > > What I can tell you is to beware of the Ambicom WL1100C-CF 802.11b > > > Wifi card. It simply did not work for me...a newly purchased card. > > > I "fooled" with the driver a bit, like others have clearly done, and > > > then finally gave up. > > > > > > I asked this group a few weeks back for comments, but received none. > > > > > > Then, I bought a used Netgear MA701 compact flash card (also > > > 802.11b) and it seems to be working just fine. > > > > > > Having been "burned" once (by the gumstix Wiki FAQ), I *too* would > > > like to know who has had a positive *personal experience* with any > > > CF WiFi card on the gumstix computers, besides the Netgear MA701. > > > And, I'd like to "hunt down" the person that posted on the Wiki > > > the claim: "the Ambicom WL1100C-CF card which is 802.11b works > > > fine"! :-) > > > > > > I'd especially like to know if anyone has made any of the newer > > > 802.11*g* CF WiFi cards work. > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > > > Bruce > > > > > > -- > > > Bruce D. Lightner Lightner Engineering La Jolla, California Voice: > > > +1-858-551-4011 FAX: +1-858-551-0777 Email: lig...@li... > > > URL: http://www.lightner.net/lightner/bruce/ > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > ------ > > > --- > > > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C > > > - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No > > > limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > > > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > > > _______________________________________________ > > > gumstix-users mailing list gum...@li... > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > -------- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - > > the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No > > limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > > _______________________________________________ > > gumstix-users mailing list gum...@li... > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > gumstix-users mailing list > gum...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users > |
From: pvm <pvm...@gm...> - 2007-06-14 00:41:29
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Bruce D. Lightner wrote: > > I'd especially like to know if anyone has made any of the newer > 802.11*g* CF WiFi cards work. > 802.11g CF Wi-Fi cards seem to be hard to come by but I did happen upon this gem, all be it a pricey gem, today. http://www.cardaccess-inc.com/products/index.php?a=wlan_cf It has an Atheros chipset in it which is the cadillac of wireless on Linux when it comes to features and driver support. Also this particular card has a removable cover which exposes a connector for a Wi-Fi antenna! Gumstix should be using this chipset on their WiFi Stix instead of the crippled one they currently have. Also now that the Verdex boards have USB Host you could go for a USB adapter with an ralink chipset. (Atheros USB devices arn't supported in Linux) I got a Linksys WUSB54GC working with linux on my pc no problem still wating on my Verdex board to try it out with that though. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Compact-wifi-card-tf3776079.html#a11111666 Sent from the Gumstix mailing list archive at Nabble.com. |
From: Jeff S. <jef...@gm...> - 2007-06-14 04:21:30
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oooh Atheros :-) me likey madwifi rocks On 6/13/07, pvm <pvm...@gm...> wrote: > > Bruce D. Lightner wrote: > > > > I'd especially like to know if anyone has made any of the newer > > 802.11*g* CF WiFi cards work. > > > > 802.11g CF Wi-Fi cards seem to be hard to come by but I did happen upon this > gem, all be it a pricey gem, today. > http://www.cardaccess-inc.com/products/index.php?a=wlan_cf It has an > Atheros chipset in it which is the cadillac of wireless on Linux when it > comes to features and driver support. Also this particular card has a > removable cover which exposes a connector for a Wi-Fi antenna! Gumstix > should be using this chipset on their WiFi Stix instead of the crippled one > they > currently have. > > Also now that the Verdex boards have USB Host you could go for a USB adapter > with an ralink chipset. (Atheros USB devices arn't supported in Linux) I > got a Linksys WUSB54GC working with linux on my pc no problem still wating > on my Verdex board to try it out with that though. > > -- > View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Compact-wifi-card-tf3776079.html#a11111666 > Sent from the Gumstix mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > gumstix-users mailing list > gum...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users > |