[mythtv-users] directions for a micro-ATX mobo

dan dan at milkcarton.com
Thu Feb 12 11:48:03 EST 2004


I don't know if the LinuxAnt stuff supports USB, but I use it at the house for 
my netgear Turbo-G card and it works great.  They have a 1 month free trial so 
you can make sure it will worth with your setup, but its only $20 for a 
license.  Speaking of, need to get pay for mine.

-dan


>Joseph A. Caputo (jcaputo1 at comcast.net) wrote: 
>
>On Wednesday 11 February 2004 20:33, Franco wrote:
>> Not to mention I have Wi-Fi at home....
>>
>> > If you want WiFi you can get an external USB or wired<->wireless
>> > bridge (if you get a USB dongle you can even route it inside the
>> > case)
>>
>> Other people had previously discouraged me (compatibility reasons).
>> Can you give me pointers to such devices, that work well with Linux?
>> That would free 1 PCI slot...
>
>There are some USB WiFi devices that work under Linux.  I've heard that 
>the Netgear MA-101 can be made to work (see here: http://
>atmelwlandriver.sourceforge.net/howto/howto.html).  For others, google 
>around and you'll probably find a few.  As I said above, the nice thing 
>about these is they're often small, and if your mobo has USB pin 
>headers, you can put a USB port inside your case and mount the USB WiFi 
>adapter right inside (though I'm sure this wreaks havoc with your 
>signal quality).  I've heard of at least one person who had done this.
>
>Your other option is to get an Ethernet-to-wireless adapter, such as the 
>Linksys WGA11B.  It like a stripped-down wireless router/access point 
>that plugs into an Ethernet jack, so if you have onboard Ethernet, you 
>don't need to use up a PCI slot.  These devices are commonly marketed 
>for game consoles, hence they're usually called "wireless game 
>adapters".
>
>-JAC
>
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