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On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 04:12:22PM -0700, Kevin Lahey wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Jun 2003 09:02:53 +0200
> Siegmund Fuhringer <sifu@0xx0.net> wrote:
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> > On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 11:50:30PM -0700, John Gordon wrote:
> > > Hello,
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> > > >i've an d-link dwl 660 wireless pccard lying around and would like to
> > > >use it with a desktop pc.
> > >=20
> > > Did you really mean DWL-660? That doesn't seem to be listed on the=20
> > > D-Link web site.=20
> >=20
> > yes i really mean 660 :) :
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> > http://www.dlink.com.au/products/wireless/dwl660/
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> I've seen references on the web suggesting that the DWL-660 is Lucent=20
> based, which would mean that it could work with NetBSD.  Given the way=20
> that Linksys switches around their hardware on a whim, it is hard to know
> for sure that it would work -- I've got DWL-650s that are PRISM2 based
> PCMCIA cards, and I had a DWL-650 that is Cardbus-based (and, IIRC, used=
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> an AMD chipset?).

hui... wireless is so confusing :)=20

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> It might be cheaper to just buy $30 a Linksys WMP11 or similar PCI card
> rather than a $25 PCMCIA-to-PCI adaptor, only to find out that the DWL-660
> is too funky to work, or your adaptor is unsupported by NetBSD, etc.
> I've seen much whining and nashing of teeth amongst folks trying to
> get good PCMCIA-to-PCI adaptors.

one reason i want to use the dwl660 is, that i am able to connect outdoor
antennas.
and it seems to me as if most cheap pci cards don't have connector for
external antennas.

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> Good luck,

thank you, it sounds like i will need a bit luck ;)

bye - sifu

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