On Sat, 2005-04-16 at 22:18 -0700, Don Russell wrote: > Jeff Vian wrote: > >> > >>It's a Linksys WPC54G Ver. 1.2 card. > > > That is the Broadcom chipset which works well with ndiswrapper, but you > > want linux drivers so it will be a no-go. > > ndiswrapper seems to be a popular solution. Maybe I'm misunderstanding > something.... > - allows use of Windows driver (undermines efforts to get Linux drivers) yes > - requires new ndiswrapper install with every kernel update, therefore > must synch kernel updates with ndiswrapper updates. That is, must d/l > new ndiswrapper before switching to new kernel. > No You do have to recompile ndiswrapper with every kernel update since it is a module and has to match the kernel. You do not have to redownload ndiskwrapper unless there is an update to ndiswrapper. What I do is install the kernel update, then recompile/install ndiswrapper. I had looked at, and even used, Linuxant's driverloader package but decided that ndiswrapper seems to work as well or better so I am no longer paying for the driverloader package ($20 per machine). I much prefer using FOSS drivers, but as yet I have found no 802.11g cards that have open source drivers. So I compromised and use ndiswrapper for my laptop with an AirLink card and the Broadcom chipset.
