Asim Beg wrote: > > Does anyone have a recommendation for a PCI card that: > - uses an external antenna > - works easily with Linux (Prism II or Lucent based) > > I want to build an Access Point (Infrastructure mode) using Linux. Has > anyone tried doing it?. I don't want to use those ISA/PCI<-->PCMCIA cards. If you're going to try and build a true AP from Linux, I believe you'll want to go with a PrismII chipset, since Intersil supports a mode called "HostAP", where the firmware does the highly time-sensitive work (beaconing etc) and the driver basicly handles all the management packets (association etc.) This should get you jump started: http://people.ssh.com/jkm/Prism2/ As Scott pointed out in another posting, the Lucent card firmware has AP functionality, but the doco describing the interface is NDA material. Supposedly, the full docs for Intersil's HostAP mode are covered by NDA too, but it is possible to release the driver source without violating the NDA. Why are you not interested in using the adapter cards ? If price is the problem, MPC in Eagan currently has Lucent adapters for $10 (I believe they use a TI bridge chip, not a PLX.) -- andyw at pobox.com Andy Warner Voice: (612) 801-8549 Fax: (208) 575-5634