On Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:28:16 -0700 Jason Self <jason.s...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 9:48 AM, Steve Woodruff > <lets.get.su...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Out of curiosity though, what would be some of the "best" wireless > > card models for a 'Free' system?It looks like your Broadcom 4311 is > > a mini-PCI Express device? My laptop uses that, and I bought a card > > from [1] although there are other choices available. > > It is supported by the ath5k driver, although you will need a newer > kernel because ath5k didn't appear in the kernel until version 2.6.25 > and gNewSense still uses 2.6.24. > > Installing a newer kernel is very easy: > http://aligunduz.org/gNewSense/ > > [1] > http://www.oxfordtec.com/us/p226/SparkLAN-WPEA-166G-miniPCI-Wireless-card---Atheros-AR5006EG-AR2425-Single-Chip-Solution-mini-PCI-E,-mPCIe-adapter/product_info.html Oh good, such cards exist. Now to look again in .au .... kk -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS) Debian contributor / gNewSense Maintainer http://www.kgoetz.id.au No, I won't join your social networking group
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