Re: Hardware for a Presario with Linux support

2002-10-08 Thread Vicente Aguilar
> I have no idea what sort of expansion you have, but with regards to a PCMCIA > wireless card, i use the Netgear MA401 and it works a charm (cheap too). Thanks, Tom. Anyway I think I'm going to try with one of those MultiPort modules even if it's quite a bit more expensive than a PCMCIA card, I

Re: Hardware for a Presario with Linux support

2002-10-08 Thread Vicente Aguilar
> I have no idea what sort of expansion you have, but with regards to a PCMCIA > wireless card, i use the Netgear MA401 and it works a charm (cheap too). Thanks, Tom. Anyway I think I'm going to try with one of those MultiPort modules even if it's quite a bit more expensive than a PCMCIA card,

Re: Hardware for a Presario with Linux support

2002-10-08 Thread Vicente Aguilar
El lun, 07-10-2002 a las 23:18, Al Stone escribió: > Ooops. Sorry if that wasn't clear. No, it was clear, Al. I said "card" because I didn't know how to call it. :) > I don't have any card, just the MultiPort wireless > module that plugs into the connectors on the back > of the LCD panel. The

Re: Hardware for a Presario with Linux support

2002-10-08 Thread Vicente Aguilar
El lun, 07-10-2002 a las 23:18, Al Stone escribió: > Ooops. Sorry if that wasn't clear. No, it was clear, Al. I said "card" because I didn't know how to call it. :) > I don't have any card, just the MultiPort wireless > module that plugs into the connectors on the back > of the LCD panel. The

Re: Hardware for a Presario with Linux support

2002-10-07 Thread Al Stone
Ooops. Sorry if that wasn't clear. I don't have any card, just the MultiPort wireless module that plugs into the connectors on the back of the LCD panel. The part number for the one I bought is 233412-xx1 on the HP web site. I couldn't seem to find a part number for the Presario unit you menti

Re: Hardware for a Presario with Linux support

2002-10-07 Thread Vicente Aguilar
Thanks for your answer, Al. > It's officially called a "MultiPort" connector. You can get a > wireless module for use with it. I believe it's actually a USB > connection, though not a USB connector (it wouldn't fit if you > did it that way. I use my wireless module quite a bit and it > seems to

Re: Hardware for a Presario with Linux support

2002-10-07 Thread Al Stone
Ooops. Sorry if that wasn't clear. I don't have any card, just the MultiPort wireless module that plugs into the connectors on the back of the LCD panel. The part number for the one I bought is 233412-xx1 on the HP web site. I couldn't seem to find a part number for the Presario unit you menti

Re: Hardware for a Presario with Linux support

2002-10-07 Thread Vicente Aguilar
Thanks for your answer, Al. > It's officially called a "MultiPort" connector. You can get a > wireless module for use with it. I believe it's actually a USB > connection, though not a USB connector (it wouldn't fit if you > did it that way. I use my wireless module quite a bit and it > seems t

Re: Hardware for a Presario with Linux support

2002-10-07 Thread Al Stone
Well, here's what I've seen; don't know if this will help or not. Vicente Aguilar wrote: Hi everyone. I've got a Compaq Presario 905 and I'm planning on buying a wireless network card and a webcam for it, and of course, I want them to work with Linux. I'm running Debian Woody and the latest

Re: Hardware for a Presario with Linux support

2002-10-07 Thread Tom Badran
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 07 Oct 2002 2:23 pm, Vicente Aguilar wrote: > Hi everyone. > > I've got a Compaq Presario 905 and I'm planning on buying a wireless > network card and a webcam for it, and of course, I want them to work > with Linux. I'm running Debian Woody

Hardware for a Presario with Linux support

2002-10-07 Thread Vicente Aguilar
Hi everyone. I've got a Compaq Presario 905 and I'm planning on buying a wireless network card and a webcam for it, and of course, I want them to work with Linux. I'm running Debian Woody and the latest stable kernel from kernel.org. The laptop has an expansion slot on the back of the screen, i.e

Re: Hardware for a Presario with Linux support

2002-10-07 Thread Al Stone
Well, here's what I've seen; don't know if this will help or not. Vicente Aguilar wrote: > Hi everyone. > > I've got a Compaq Presario 905 and I'm planning on buying a wireless > network card and a webcam for it, and of course, I want them to work > with Linux. I'm running Debian Woody and t

Re: Hardware for a Presario with Linux support

2002-10-07 Thread Tom Badran
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 07 Oct 2002 2:23 pm, Vicente Aguilar wrote: > Hi everyone. > > I've got a Compaq Presario 905 and I'm planning on buying a wireless > network card and a webcam for it, and of course, I want them to work > with Linux. I'm running Debian Woody

Hardware for a Presario with Linux support

2002-10-07 Thread Vicente Aguilar
Hi everyone. I've got a Compaq Presario 905 and I'm planning on buying a wireless network card and a webcam for it, and of course, I want them to work with Linux. I'm running Debian Woody and the latest stable kernel from kernel.org. The laptop has an expansion slot on the back of the screen, i.