[kwlug disc.] Where to buy ASUS WL500G router, was: (advanced user only) Request for kernel compile time

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Robert P. J. Day wrote, On 04/08/2008 4:55 PM:
> On Tue, 8 Apr 2008, unsolicited wrote:
> 
>> Robert P. J. Day wrote, On 04/08/2008 12:22 PM:
>>> On Tue, 8 Apr 2008, Adam Glauser wrote:
>>>
>>>> Richard Weait wrote:
>>>>> On Mon, 2008-04-07 at 15:12 -0400, L.D. Paniak wrote:
>>>>>> Asus WL500g Premium wireless router w/OpenWRT devel 2.6.23 kernel:
>>>>> That one have usb?  Where'd you get it?
> 
>>>> I picked one up at Canada Computers in Waterloo a couple of
>>>> weeks ago. The only one they had left also came with a PCMCIA
>>>> 802.11g adapter, and cost about $10-$15 more than just a router.
>>>> I can't remember whether I got the last one or the second last
>>>> one.
>>> they're out of stock at the moment but, yes, for a whole extra $7,
>>> you can get a wireless PCMCIA card thrown in with that router.
>> Which also wouldn't work with 2.6 / kamikaze, at the moment? [But,
>> would provide 802.11n when it becomes a standard?]
> 
> i'm not sure what the question is here -- i'm assuming the wireless
> PCMCIA card is just a standard wireless card, it has nothing to do
> with your router running 2.6/kamikaze.  or am i misunderstanding
> something?

Actually, I think I'm the one who's confused: I was reading 'comes 
with a PCMCIA card' as 'has a PCMCIA slot.' Oops.

So, being a wireless router (but not in this context), and having a 
PCMCIA slot to take a wi-fi card, is sort of (uselessly) redundant.

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