[Lilux-help] Wireless NIC

[Yves Glodt]

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On Thursday 04 March 2004 19:52, you wrote:
> hi,
>
> if you want native compatibility, and want some 54g nic, get one with
> a prism chipset.
> netgaer or dlink are very good.
> (i got a netgear pcmcia + ap)
>
> check this link:
> http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Wireless.html
>
> and see here for a compatibility list + what card has what chipset:
> http://www.linux-wlan.org/docs/wlan_adapters.html.gz

very good to know!

> also check out:
> www.linuxant.org
>
> linuxant is a (commercial ~20€) kernel module (2.4 2.6) which allows
> you to load a windows driver for you card.
> work pretty well and isn't that expensive.

I've read about that, but I prefer to stay with what's in the kernel. 
Anyway, it's an interesting concept.

> feel free to ask if you have any more questions....or maybe somebody
> else has some more additions ?

Will go to belle-étoile tomorrow, I remember they had some choice in 
wireless nics. Let's see if they have one from the list above.

Thanks and have a nice evening!


btw, for me www.norm.lu does not load in konqueror 3.1.5. Flash works on 
other sites for me in konq however. In firefox it works without 
problems.

> On Thursday 04 March 2004 19:29, Yves Glodt wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I think about getting a wireless pci nic, and I would like to ask
> > which one I should actually buy... :-)
> >
> > Preferably it should run under vanilla 2.4 and 2.6 kernels.
> >
> > thanks and best regards,
> > Yves

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