Standards Compliance 802.11b (IEEE Wireless LAN Standard)
Frequency Range 2.412 - 2.462MHz
Data Transmission Rate 1, 2, 5.5, 11Mbps
Security 64/128-bit WEP
Access Mode Infrastructure Mode,AdHoc Mode
Antenna Diversity Method (Internal)
External Antenna Connector MC
Output Power 15dBm (32mW)
Transmission Distance Up to 375ft. (115m) indoors, 1750ft. (550m) outdoors
Interface PCMCIA Type II
Communication Protocol Simple Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum
Dimensions W2.1 x H0.19 x D4 in (54 x 4.76 x 101mm)
Weight 1.2 oz (35g)
Operating Environment 0-55° C, 20-80% humidity (non-condensing)
Power Consumption 100mW
cardctl info output:
PRODID_1="MELCO"
PRODID_2="WLI-PCM-L11"
PRODID_3="Version 01.01"
PRODID_4=""
MANFID=0156,0002
FUNCID=6
Use orinoco driver from pcmcia-cs package:
orinoco_cs 7176 1
orinoco 40068 1 orinoco_cs
hermes 8064 2 orinoco_cs,orinoco
PCMCIA Card retails in the UK at about £33 (14/09/2004)
Also Buffalo/Melco PCI->PCMCIA Bridge works well:
00:05.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c475 (rev 80)
00:05.0 Class 0607: 1180:0475 (rev 80)
Linux Kernel Card Services
options: [pci] [cardbus] [pm]
Yenta: CardBus bridge found at 0000:00:05.0 [1154:030a]
Yenta: ISA IRQ mask 0x0000, PCI irq 11
Socket status: 30000410
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