Re: [Ndiswrapper-general] Buffalo WLI-CB-G54A Cardbus Adapter
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From: Robert L C. <coc...@sp...> - 2004-07-31 11:37:31
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Lars, Thank you very much. I especially appreciate the details you give, I'll need to refer to them. I think I'll buy the card. Bob On Sat, 2004-07-31 at 01:21, Lars Tewes wrote: > Hi Robert, > > RLC> Has anyone used the Buffalo WLI-CB-G54A Cardbus adapter with ndiswrapper > RLC> and succeeded? This card offers an external antenna connector, and I > RLC> really want to build an external antenna for connecting to the card when > RLC> I am using my laptop outside my home. > RLC> Bob Cochran > > well, yes and it works perfectly! The connection is very stable and I > never had any problems, either with or without external "Magnet > base antenna" > ( http://www.wimo.com/cgi-bin/verteiler.pl?url=wlanomniin_e.htm ) > > I use ndiswrapper 0.8-rc2 (haven't tested 0.8/0.9-pre, never change a > running system :) with the Broadcom driver from HP/Compaq: > ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/softpaq/sp23001-23500/SP23085.exe > > You may have to change the default values of "IBSS54gtmMode" and > "IBSS54gtmProtectionMode" in bcmwl5a.inf in order to use full 54Mbit/s, > otherwise it might fall back to 11Mbit/s. The values are explained in > the .inf file itself. > > If you have to, be sure to change them two times as they can be found > in "g.options.reg" as well as in "bg.options.reg". > > The Compaq driver mentioned above is DriverVer=07/17/2003, 3.30.15.0. > I also tested some newer versions, but for me, this version seems to > be most reliable in conjunction with the Buffalo WLI-CB-G54A. > > Very nice work, ndiswrapper team, thanks alot! > > Lars > > P.S.: why is the Reply-To header to > ndi...@li... missing? > > |