[clue-tech] PCMCIA wireless card

[Matt Gushee]

dperkins at techangle.com wrote:
> I need a PCMCIA wireless card.  Any recommendations for a particular model?

Not exactly a recommendation, but a few months ago I stopped into 
BestBuy and picked up a Linksys WPC54GS (which is an 802.11a/b/g card). 
Didn't really check it out in advance, but I figured, well, Linksys is a 
Linux-friendly company, so it ought to work. Heh-heh. Not quite.

Turns out there is no native Linux driver for this card, *but* it works 
with the ndiswrapper module (which enables you to use certain Windows 
network drivers under Linux). This was annoying on principle, of course, 
but from a practical standpoint it's no big deal. ndiswrapper compiled 
quickly and easily, and the card seems to work fine with it.

Just something to think about if you should find a good card at a good 
price that doesn't have a Linux driver.

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Matt Gushee
Englewood, CO, USA