Re: A good desktop Wi-Fi card for Fedora 10

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William M. Quarles wrote:
Fernando Cassia wrote:


On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 4:52 PM, William M. Quarles <walrus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:walrus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:

    Does anybody know of a good desktop PCI wireless ethernet card that
    I can buy and use with Fedora 10? I bought a new OEM HP
    Atheros-based wireless card, but it conflicts with my Sigma Designs
    REALMagic Hollywood Plus DVD/MPEG-2 decoder card, both in Windows XP
    Pro and in Fedora 10. Also, since I am trying to do a dual-boot
    setup, I couldn't get good drivers for Windows XP for the card. Any
    ideas would be greatly appreciated.

    Thanks,
    William


I don't currently use Wi-Fi on my desktop(s)... since I cabled my home with five gigabit-ethernet sockets per room. :-)

But when I did use Wi-Fi, I used cardbus cards hooked to pci-to-cardbus adapters.

Here's some:

Addonics ADPCICB2 - $49
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00023LTKK?ie=UTF8&tag=mnmsprst-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00023LTKK <http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00023LTKK?ie=UTF8&tag=mnmsprst-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00023LTKK>

And
D-Link A/G Wi-Fi Cardbus adapter - $11.78
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0001PFO3C?ie=UTF8&tag=mnmsprst-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0001PFO3C <http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0001PFO3C?ie=UTF8&tag=mnmsprst-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0001PFO3C>

Total: $60.78

This also gives you the flexibility of exchanging Wi-Fi cards when new standards arrive, or exchanging cards in case of trouble, without opening up the case.

(Cardbus cards are, for all intents and purposes, the same as PCI)

Well, except for the fact you can remove a Cardbus adapter while the computer is still running with little trouble.

Thanks for the tip, but I'd still be much more interested in a PCI card... although I do have the urge to add a Cardbus adapter later for a professional recording Cardbus sound card, so that I can also use the card on my laptop. I think that you might have overpaid for that PCI=to-Cardbus adaptor though, I could have sworn that I have seen them at a lower price before.

Does anybody out there know of some good PCI wireless netowkring cards that aren't Atheros-based?

Thanks,
William

Of course, there's also USB Wi-Fi dongles but in my experience those don't match the range of cardbus cards (antenna design, or power limits, perhaps?).

Wireless Ethernet bridges are really the best way to go in my opinion. No driver problems, easy to configure from a browser, and also function as a four port swithc. Buffalo has one that is either a bridge or a router. All are available at discounted prices. Cost a little more than a pci card but with none of the headaches ... i can set one up on my Linux box and use it on the Mac and Windows computers as well with no further effort, just plug int the Ethernet port. It acts like a wired connection.

http://www.buffalotech.com/products/wireless/nfiniti-wireless-n-dual-band/nfiniti-wireless-n-dual-band-ethernet-converter-wli-tx4-ag300n/

http://www.amazon.com/Buffalo-Technology-WHR-HP-G54-Wireless-G-Performance/dp/tech-data/B000AOKTJ8/ref=de_a_smtd

http://www.amazon.com/Linksys-Dual-Band-Wireless-N-Gaming-Adapter/dp/B0010TEOLQ/ref=dp_cp_ob_e_title_2#productPromotions

Bob

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