[clue-tech] pcmcia wireless 802.11g card?

[Joe Wojcik]

On 6/3/06, Jim Ockers <ockers at ockers.net> wrote:
>
> Hi Jeff,
>
> Jeff Cann wrote:
> >
> > Hi.
> >
> > I'm currently using a Linksys WPGXYZ under ndiswrapper.  It works great
> > until you use WEP and then it proceeds to lock up my system.  Rather
> > than spending more fruitless hours in vain hopes of getting the $30
> > LinkSys card working, I'd rather buy something supported natively by the
> > 2.6 kernel.
> >
> > Based on this page, the Prism54 driver seems like a decent choice for
> > pcmcia wireless 802.11g replacement card"
> >
> >
> http://hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Linux.Wireless.drivers.802.11ag.html#Prism54
>
> Any particular reason you aren't using Atheros hardware?  The chipsets
> are very good and there are Linux drivers, madwifi, which are also very
> good.  We've used them for WPA and WEP with no significant problems.
>
> There are D-Link cards with Atheros chips in them.  Not sure about
> Linksys.
>
> You might have to compile the driver, not sure if it's in the 2.6 kernel
> or not.  However I didn't find it hard to get working.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Jim
>
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I ended up with an Atheros chip set on a Proxim card. I use madwifi with no
problems. There is an excellent walk through the compile action on Novell
Cool Solutions "Compiling Kernel Drivers for SUSE 10 by Example"
Joe
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