Brian Fahrlander wrote: > On Wed, 2005-06-29 at 20:34 -0700, jdow wrote: >> From: "John Summerfied" <debian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> > >>> I have a couple of Prism54 cards that work well. Some (at least) >>> Atheros-based cards are fine, and I note d-link is now labelling its >>> product to indicate which use TI, which use Atheros. > >> >> Um, do you have the Linux driver for those atheros chips or are you >> using NDIS? And do you use WPA? My laptop will need to be WPA aware >> with the D-Link Atheros chipset three band beastie. (At least it will >> "someday.") I have the pieces. But it looks like I'll have to rebuild >> the Atheros stuff I have with the WPA files as well. Poo what a >> (small) annoyance. > Ya know, the way to sell cards of the vendors would be to suggest the > ones that work w/o NDIS on this list....and every other Linux list you > can find. > > Right now I couldn't possibly afford a laptop, but things can and > will change...and I'd like to know ahead of time. In short: > > What kind of wireless card (say, the basic 11mps type) should I buy? > > Anyone? Is there a series of decent gear? <http://linux_wless.passys.nl/>, same (?) list, but with more background at <http://www.seattlewireless.net/index.cgi/HardwareComparison>. There was another page detailing the differences between various manufacturers, but I can't find the link atm. I'm using a Ralink rt2500 based EDI Max card (802.11g). Ralink have now GPLed drivers for their PCI, PC and USB cards which makes them probably the best supported 11g cards. However the current driver is not entirely 4k stacks compatible, so if you're not willing to roll your own kernel you will find it occasionally locks up when attempting to connect. A new combined driver is under way. It handles WPA, although you might want to look at <http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=8>. In my limited experience the EDIMax stuff is cheap but solid. (The home network I'm running with some friends has an EDIMax AP and a Belkin modem/router AP, the Belkin is the one that crashes all the time) -- imalone
