On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 12:46:04 +0000, Lee J. Moore wrote:

>I'm interested in the specific make & model #'s of %s Gentoo notebook users
>are using (which are easy to configure). I'm having great difficulty in
>choosing one because some manufacturers seem to alternate between two
>chipsets without changing the model number of the card. I almost purchased
>a 3COM wireless bundle (an AP as well as PCMCIA card) only to find no
>support whatsoever. A pain in the rear to find that Centrino wireless
>isn't supported <curses Intel>, never mind trying to find a suitable PCMCIA
>card.

I have the dlink dwl650+ (claims 22mbps) that uses the TI chipset. Not so
long ago there was only a mysterious binary driver, but this worked for me.
There is now an open sourse project with a working driver and under active
development http://acx100.sourceforge.net/. If you want all the various
wireless networking tools to work (airsnort etc), then you best get an
orinoco type card.