On Wed, 2004-10-27 at 10:18 -0700, Cliff Wells wrote: > On Wed, 2004-10-27 at 09:43 -0700, John Hampton wrote: > > Tobias Rice wrote: > > > Greetings, all. > > > I need to buy a pcmcia wireless card that will be able to do wireless > > > auditing under linux. I'm getting conflicting suggestions about which > > > card to get. Prism I chipsets are open but very unstable. Some of the > > > others work well but offer no support in linux. I've also heard that > > > some of the manufactures changed chipsets w/o changing the model. Any > > > suggestions on a make and model that will work? External antenna jacks a > > > plus. > > > > Look for Prism 2 and above chipsets. I have a couple Linksys WPC11 v3 > > cards that work great. No external antenna jack though. > > Second that choice. That card is basically plug and play. Just watch > out for the v4 card which has a different chipset (I understand it can > work with some proprietary drivers and a bit of hacking, but screw > that). > > Incidentally, Robby just bought a new wireless card that he got to work > under Linux and might share his experience, if he's not too uppity. > Yeah, it is a Netgear WG511. Got it to work on my gf's FC2 laptop using the prism54 drivers. Works like a champ..
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