Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 17:16:12 +0100
From: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com>
To: =?utf-8?B?UmFmYcWCIE1pxYJlY2tp?= <zajec5@gmail.com>
Cc: Brian Prodoehl <bprodoehl@gmail.com>,
	linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: Mini PCIeWiFi card not detected in non-mini adapter
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On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 06:19:56PM +0100, Rafał Miłecki wrote:
> W dniu 27 stycznia 2011 17:48 użytkownik Brian Prodoehl
> <bprodoehl@gmail.com> napisał:
> > 2011/1/27 Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@gmail.com>:
> >> I've received mini PCIe adapter to PCIe x1 slot to test notebook cards
> >> inserted into PC.  Unfortunately after inserting my Broadcom card to
> >> it, it is not detected in "lspci" at all.
> >>
> >> My WiFi card used to work in "native" slot inside notebook. So if
> >> anything is broken, that would be PCIe x1 slot on motherboard or
> >> adapter itself. I've tested V and GND pins in my PCIe x1 slot, all
> >> work fine. I'll try get some other WiFi cards, to test my adapter
> >> tomorrow.
> >>
> >> However, maybe you have heard about some problems with such a
> >> adapters? Can there be sth preventing my card from being detected,
> >> visible?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Rafał
> >
> > I haven't tested that sort of thing with PCI-Express, but I had bad
> > results with Atheros AR5414-based modules in Mini-PCI to PCI adapters
> > like this:
> >
> > http://www.dealextreme.com/p/mini-pci-to-pci-adapter-with-antenna-9307
> >
> > The system either wouldn't boot, or it would boot and the wireless
> > card wouldn't show up in lspci, so I gave up on it.
> 
> That are not good news :(
> 
> What I've bought is following adapter:
> http://allegro.pl/adapter-wifi-mini-pci-e-na-pci-e-3-anteny-kp13-i1429732145.html

I'm using adapters form http://www.hwtools.net/ , they work pretty well for me,
but they are also quite expensive.

Stanislaw