Re: OT: What wireless cards are well supported in Linux?
On Sun, 19 Feb 2006 11:00:14 +0100, Gnu-Raiz wrote: > >>Michael Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >>Im using Asus WL-107G 54G cards here on Debian unstable with a >>2.6.15 >>kernel. The card uses the drivers from >>http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page and it >>works very >>well. No need for firmware either and its been compiling clean on >>this >>kernel. I could not get the latest rt2x00 drivers to work for some >>reason so I'm using the rt2500 driver from there. >> >>BTW, the cards cost about 30.00 each from newegg. > > The Ralink based cards do have linux drivers, but the newer ones are > now based on the rt61 drivers. I did the same thing I searched for > the most open linux driver cards available and decided to use the > Ralink based cards. But I had problems with wep, and ESSID hiding. > I could never get my card to use wep with dhcp, or with a static ip > address. > > This is also a problem in window's I just put that card into a > windows pvr, and wep does work, but i have to have my essid showing > in order for windows to find it. It could be my Wireless AP, as > it's a few years old and only does 802.11b. And the router AP > firware is old, because the company does not update the firware > anymore. > > I have an old Orinoco silver 802.11b +5 volt card that is as stable > as stable can be. It never fails to see my AP, or has a problem > with wep. I must say that I have not seen any recent really good > cards with totally free drivers. I would like to see something that > supports everything like wep wap and does a good job. > > If you want more information on my trials with the rt61 card, just > do a google search. > > Gnu_Raiz > > Definitely good data points. The branded card I use will not use the newer beta drivers or get an IP address using dhcp off my WRT54G; but using the latest beta rt2500 drivers it all works pretty well. I don't have issues with WEP at all and I can launch a variety of wifi settings pretty easily using dhcp. I'm on a WRT54G that has a newer firmware flashed on it from about mid-year last year from hyperwrt.org I believe. But I've used the raylink drivers with firmware from a few places including sveasoft. The only real problem I have is that the rt2500 driver sometimes seems to block apm from bringing the system out of suspend and that's a problem that appears to be known and addressed in the rt2x00 driver betas. Since the asus cards don't seem to support that I'm still testing some fixes with the suspend.d and resume.d stuff in apm. The other cards I've used are the intel 2200abg minipci cards. I had this card in my dell for awhile; but it started having problems so I removed it and went with a pcmcia/cardbus card. -- Michael Perry | Do or do not. There is no try. -Master Yoda [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.lnxpowered.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: OT: What wireless cards are well supported in Linux?
>Michael Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Im using Asus WL-107G 54G cards here on Debian unstable with a >2.6.15 >kernel. The card uses the drivers from >http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page and it >works very >well. No need for firmware either and its been compiling clean on >this >kernel. I could not get the latest rt2x00 drivers to work for some >reason so I'm using the rt2500 driver from there. > >BTW, the cards cost about 30.00 each from newegg. The Ralink based cards do have linux drivers, but the newer ones are now based on the rt61 drivers. I did the same thing I searched for the most open linux driver cards available and decided to use the Ralink based cards. But I had problems with wep, and ESSID hiding. I could never get my card to use wep with dhcp, or with a static ip address. This is also a problem in window's I just put that card into a windows pvr, and wep does work, but i have to have my essid showing in order for windows to find it. It could be my Wireless AP, as it's a few years old and only does 802.11b. And the router AP firware is old, because the company does not update the firware anymore. I have an old Orinoco silver 802.11b +5 volt card that is as stable as stable can be. It never fails to see my AP, or has a problem with wep. I must say that I have not seen any recent really good cards with totally free drivers. I would like to see something that supports everything like wep wap and does a good job. If you want more information on my trials with the rt61 card, just do a google search. Gnu_Raiz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: OT: What wireless cards are well supported in Linux?
On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 19:20:21 +0100, Andreas Janssen wrote: > Hello > > Magnus Therning (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > >> After cancelling a 7 month old order with one ISP I'm now fairly >> hopeful I'll have ADSL at the end of the week. :-) So it's time to >> start putting together a shopping list. The first item on it is a >> wireless card for my desktop. What I'm looking for is a card that is >> well supported in Linux. I refuse to use ndiswrapper, I simply don't >> want any unfree source in my kernel. I'm ignorant when it comes to >> wireless so any help/suggestions/comments are welcome. > > I use a Netgear WG311T and WG511T card (PCI and PCMCIA). Both are > supported by the madwifi driver (atheros chip) and work with hostapd > and wpa_supplicant. They support 802.11 a/b/g. Please note that the USB > stick from the same product line uses another chipset. > I'm using Asus WL-107G 54G cards here on Debian unstable with a 2.6.15 kernel. The card uses the drivers from http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page and it works very well. No need for firmware either and its been compiling clean on this kernel. I could not get the latest rt2x00 drivers to work for some reason so I'm using the rt2500 driver from there. BTW, the cards cost about 30.00 each from newegg. -- Michael Perry | Do or do not. There is no try. -Master Yoda [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.lnxpowered.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: OT: What wireless cards are well supported in Linux?
Hello Magnus Therning (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > After cancelling a 7 month old order with one ISP I'm now fairly > hopeful I'll have ADSL at the end of the week. :-) So it's time to > start putting together a shopping list. The first item on it is a > wireless card for my desktop. What I'm looking for is a card that is > well supported in Linux. I refuse to use ndiswrapper, I simply don't > want any unfree source in my kernel. I'm ignorant when it comes to > wireless so any help/suggestions/comments are welcome. I use a Netgear WG311T and WG511T card (PCI and PCMCIA). Both are supported by the madwifi driver (atheros chip) and work with hostapd and wpa_supplicant. They support 802.11 a/b/g. Please note that the USB stick from the same product line uses another chipset. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270 Registered Linux User #267976 http://www.andreas-janssen.de/debian-tipps-sarge.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: OT: What wireless cards are well supported in Linux?
On Tue, 2006-02-14 at 09:44 +, Magnus Therning wrote: > After cancelling a 7 month old order with one ISP I'm now fairly > hopeful I'll have ADSL at the end of the week. :-) So it's time to start > putting together a shopping list. The first item on it is a wireless > card for my desktop. What I'm looking for is a card that is well > supported in Linux. I refuse to use ndiswrapper, I simply don't want any > unfree source in my kernel. I'm ignorant when it comes to wireless so > any help/suggestions/comments are welcome. http://www.allnet-usa.com/html/shop.php?kat=WiFi +54Mbit&PHPSESSID=72d7cdc9b67a914cc92db6a06a8a28ab here is where i ordered a card from, it has prism2 chipset and works well with the hostap driver. -matt zagrabelny -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
OT: What wireless cards are well supported in Linux?
After cancelling a 7 month old order with one ISP I'm now fairly hopeful I'll have ADSL at the end of the week. :-) So it's time to start putting together a shopping list. The first item on it is a wireless card for my desktop. What I'm looking for is a card that is well supported in Linux. I refuse to use ndiswrapper, I simply don't want any unfree source in my kernel. I'm ignorant when it comes to wireless so any help/suggestions/comments are welcome. /M -- Magnus Therning(OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://therning.org/magnus Software is not manufactured, it is something you write and publish. Keep Europe free from software patents, we do not want censorship by patent law on written works. I have steadily endeavored to keep my mind free, so as to give up any hypothesis, however much beloved -- and I cannot resist forming one on every subject -- as soon as facts are shown to be opposed to it. -- Charles Darwin (1809-1882) pgpaKQVkMsJgU.pgp Description: PGP signature
