On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 12:20:16PM +0800, Andy Sy wrote: > If I use wireless USB 2.0 network devices instead of PCI cards, will I > be able to get away from worrying about Linux driver support for a > particular 802.11g chipset?
No, I don't think this "workaround" will work. You will still need Linux driver support for the chipset of whatever device it is you'll be connecting via USB. Aside from the cards with native Linux drivers, I find that the locally available Linksys cards seem to work decently using their Windows XP drivers and the ndiswrapper[1] utility. Granted that this isn't a "perfect" way of getting things to work, I've gotten my laptop's built-in Broadcom 802.11b and a Linksys 802.11g PCI card working with relative ease. --> Jijo [1] http://ndiswrapper.sf.net -- Federico Sevilla III : jijo.free.net.ph : When we speak of free software GNU/Linux Specialist : GnuPG 0x93B746BE : we refer to freedom, not price. -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
