Re: W-Lan - which to buy???
Alexander Voss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi list, > two month ago I bought a new notebook and installed Debian unstable AMD-64 > on it. Everything is working fine. > But... I would like to use wlan. I already had a Lancom Card with Prism > Javelin/Xbow chip (not supported) and 32 bit Windows drivers (won't work > with ndiswrapper). > My only sollution so far is to buy a new wlan-card. > But before I do this I wanted to ask if anyone has a 64bit system with > working wlan and can recommend a card. > > Thanks, > Alexander Get the shop to write "Supported under Linux" on the bill so you can give it back without hassle if it doesn't. Vendors often change the chips used and break support without altering the product description and sometimes even without altering the PCI IDs. MfG Goswin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: W-Lan - which to buy???
> On Fri, Jul 08, 2005 at 09:41:18AM +0200, Frank wrote: > > I can confirm that a card with the RT2500 chip is working flawlessly here > > in AMD64. Install just as the Debian Tutorial on their site says. > > Do you use ralink's drivers on their site, or the ones maintained on > sourceforge.net? Sorry for not being precise. I am using the sourceforge.net driver, including the tutorial on the sourceforge site. I don't have any experience with very long uptimes, so I can not say anything about the problems Jonathan had. Frank -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: W-Lan - which to buy???
I had some problem with the drivers from sourceforge (RT2500 chipset), the wifi interface automaticly went down after a few hours so I often had to up the interface. Plus, The wifi interface is not "configurable" via the wireless shortcuts (like wireless_mode etc..) so I had to use the iwconfig command for each parameters. I haven't tried the official driver from ralink thougt. Now I use ndiswrapper instead and it works fine. I also use a D-Link DWL-G50 rev.B (rev.A is an other chipset), it's ok with madwifi. Jonathan Marchand
Re: W-Lan - which to buy???
On Fri, Jul 08, 2005 at 09:41:18AM +0200, Frank wrote: > I can confirm that a card with the RT2500 chip is working flawlessly here in > AMD64. Install just as the Debian Tutorial on their site says. Do you use ralink's drivers on their site, or the ones maintained on sourceforge.net? Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: W-Lan - which to buy???
Dne pá 8. července 2005 10:59 Alexander Voss napsal(a): > I just ordered the "Asus Spacelink WL-107G PC Card PCMCIA 54 Mbit". There > homepage says it is "Red Hat Linux 7.1" compatible. That's good enough for > me ;) Be beware of such statements, because last time I think RH compatibility is good enough for me I bought Nokia D211 only to find out it has binary driver working ONLY with RH kernel and gcc compiler (both heavily patched and not working on debian) :o( Mixi
Re: W-Lan - which to buy???
Frank wrote: >> I have recently found out about ralink. They seem to actually have >> linux open source drivers for their wireless chips. >> >> A list of cards using there chips is here: http://ralink.rapla.net/ >> >> I haven't used one myself, but I have seen a few people say it worked >> great for them. > > I can confirm that a card with the RT2500 chip is working flawlessly here > in AMD64. Install just as the Debian Tutorial on their site says. > > Frank > > Sounds wonderfull! Thank's a lot. I just ordered the "Asus Spacelink WL-107G PC Card PCMCIA 54 Mbit". There homepage says it is "Red Hat Linux 7.1" compatible. That's good enough for me ;) Tell you more if there is more to tell ;) greetings Alex -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: W-Lan - which to buy???
> I have recently found out about ralink. They seem to actually have > linux open source drivers for their wireless chips. > > A list of cards using there chips is here: http://ralink.rapla.net/ > > I haven't used one myself, but I have seen a few people say it worked > great for them. I can confirm that a card with the RT2500 chip is working flawlessly here in AMD64. Install just as the Debian Tutorial on their site says. Frank -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: W-Lan - which to buy???
On Thu, Jul 07, 2005 at 12:40:49PM +0200, Alexander Voss wrote: > Hi list, > two month ago I bought a new notebook and installed Debian unstable AMD-64 > on it. Everything is working fine. > But... I would like to use wlan. I already had a Lancom Card with Prism > Javelin/Xbow chip (not supported) and 32 bit Windows drivers (won't work > with ndiswrapper). > My only sollution so far is to buy a new wlan-card. > But before I do this I wanted to ask if anyone has a 64bit system with > working wlan and can recommend a card. I have recently found out about ralink. They seem to actually have linux open source drivers for their wireless chips. A list of cards using there chips is here: http://ralink.rapla.net/ I haven't used one myself, but I have seen a few people say it worked great for them. Might be worth a shot, given open source drivers is the best way to get stuff to continue working in the future. Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
W-Lan - which to buy???
Hi list, two month ago I bought a new notebook and installed Debian unstable AMD-64 on it. Everything is working fine. But... I would like to use wlan. I already had a Lancom Card with Prism Javelin/Xbow chip (not supported) and 32 bit Windows drivers (won't work with ndiswrapper). My only sollution so far is to buy a new wlan-card. But before I do this I wanted to ask if anyone has a 64bit system with working wlan and can recommend a card. Thanks, Alexander -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
