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todkapuz · 06-10-2004

This the the Broadcom 54g internal based card inside of the eMachines M2350. The compatibility is vague. If your NOT using WPA on your local network, it is not too bad. But if you ARE using WPA .. for some reason I still have not figured out, but after a minute or two of NS running, it pops up with a AP that has the same SSID, but mac address of 00000000000 (Etc) and has a constant overpowering signal. I can't tell if the card is sending and receiving it, or if it is just some sort of interal loop back. I dont have another card to check it with. But either way, it disconnects the local network.

Also the noise singal figure is always -100. I'm not sure if the signal value is correct, but it does seem to vary correctly when compared to the broadcom utility.

But this all being said, internal wireless cards are not really the cup-of-tea for this type of prorgam (why I am looking to get a PCMCIA card with an external antenna adapter). But for generally seeing what is out there, it is great.

06-10-2004	#45 (permalink)
todkapuz Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 7	BCM4306MB Rev 4.4 This the the Broadcom 54g internal based card inside of the eMachines M2350. The compatibility is vague. If your NOT using WPA on your local network, it is not too bad. But if you ARE using WPA .. for some reason I still have not figured out, but after a minute or two of NS running, it pops up with a AP that has the same SSID, but mac address of 00000000000 (Etc) and has a constant overpowering signal. I can't tell if the card is sending and receiving it, or if it is just some sort of interal loop back. I dont have another card to check it with. But either way, it disconnects the local network. Also the noise singal figure is always -100. I'm not sure if the signal value is correct, but it does seem to vary correctly when compared to the broadcom utility. But this all being said, internal wireless cards are not really the cup-of-tea for this type of prorgam (why I am looking to get a PCMCIA card with an external antenna adapter). But for generally seeing what is out there, it is great.