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I am wondering if there is a particular brand of PCMCIA G card I should avoid?

I have a 600X here I'm setting my father up with. I have a 3COM card that is a B type. It doesn't work with our WPA encryption so I'd like to get him a card that does. I also ran a couple of Live Linux CDs and Crunchbang is very solid. Ubuntu 8.04 worked fine also. Haven't tried a newer distro yet.

It's getting a little late here.

So I'm really looking for a PCMCIA card that does WPA-PSK and Linux. If anyone has an brand to recommend I'd appreciate it

TIA.

Just an update on the progress on my Dads 600X. I have an Intel 2100 B miniPCI card that I tried in the 600X. It works! I found that despite being an older card and having a 1999 BIOS version this 600X recognized the WPA-PSK encryption our router broadcasts.

I'm happy. And my Dad is now happy also!

The only trip about this thing was the time it took to thread the antennae through the chassis and placing the antennae ends in the LCD housing. Tight space. The first thing I did was remove the 56k modem cable so I could use that path for the wifi antennae. I placed the antennae ends on the very top of the case. That's pretty much the only place there is a wee bit of room. Theres no way it will fit on the sides from what I could tell. The trim is just a tiny bit bulgy but I figure I can always fix that whenever boredom strikes again

I am in between semesters now so I have a little free time! Now just need a battery (can't flash BIOS w/o a working one), more memory, and a faster processor