PCI wireless NICs
The last time I checked, the G version of the wireless "standard" did not have any GNU/Linux support. Could someone recommend any PCI wireless NICs that have good Linux support? I strongly prefer something that has free drivers, as I want to avoid semi-supported and binary drivers such as nVidia's and others. TIA. -- One reason that few people are aware there are programs running the internet is that they never crash in any significant way: the free software underlying the internet is reliable to the point of invisibility. -- Glyn Moody, from the article "Giving it all away" ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: PCI wireless NICs
On Aug 4, 2005, at 13:57, Randy Edwards wrote: Could someone recommend any PCI wireless NICs that have good Linux support? I strongly prefer something that has free drivers, as I want to avoid semi-supported and binary drivers such as nVidia's and others. This might get you started: http://linux_wless.passys.nl/query_hostif.php?hostif=PCI&zoek=hostif -Bill - Bill McGonigle, Owner Work: 603.448.4440 BFC Computing, LLC Home: 603.448.1668 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mobile: 603.252.2606 http://www.bfccomputing.com/Pager: 603.442.1833 AIM: wpmcgonigleText: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RSS: http://blog.bfccomputing.com/rss ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: PCI wireless NICs
On Thursday 04 August 2005 01:57 pm, Randy Edwards wrote: >The last time I checked, the G version of the wireless "standard" did > not have any GNU/Linux support. There's some, but it's disappointing how little. I recently was in the market for a wireless PCMCIA card for a new laptop to add to my home network. I bought a D-Link DWL-G630. I had to buy a revision C device to be sure the Atheros drivers would work. That said, the Atheros drivers worked right off since I knew what I was looking for. I think I found the MadWifi pages very helpful. Look for a big list of all the cards and chipsets and they will very specifically identify what cards and revisions will and won't work. Good luck to you. -N ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: PCI wireless NICs
- Original Message - From: "Neil Joseph Schelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 8:38 PM Subject: Re: PCI wireless NICs On Thursday 04 August 2005 01:57 pm, Randy Edwards wrote: The last time I checked, the G version of the wireless "standard" did not have any GNU/Linux support. There's some, but it's disappointing how little. I recently was in the market for a wireless PCMCIA card for a new laptop to add to my home network. I bought a D-Link DWL-G630. I had to buy a revision C device to be sure the Atheros drivers would work. That said, the Atheros drivers worked right off since I knew what I was looking for. I think I found the MadWifi pages very helpful. Look for a big list of all the cards and chipsets and they will very specifically identify what cards and revisions will and won't work. Good luck to you. -N ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss One thing you might consider - buy a wireless bridge rather than a PCI client. The bridge devices typically have web interfaces but appear to the Linux system as an ethernet source. The bridge takes care of the authentication and allows the built-in NIC in the computer to obtain an IP address from the access/router's DHCP server. Bridges cost slightly more than than PCI clients but radically simplify the configuration. -Alex ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: PCI wireless NICs
I just tested a linksys wmpg46g version 4 on fedora 3 2.6 kernel It works using the rt2500 open source driver. Get the latest tar ball from cvs site for the project. The older versions do not compile on later kernels. On Thu, 2005-08-04 at 13:57 -0400, Randy Edwards wrote: >The last time I checked, the G version of the wireless "standard" did not > have any GNU/Linux support. > >Could someone recommend any PCI wireless NICs that have good Linux > support? > I strongly prefer something that has free drivers, as I want to avoid > semi-supported and binary drivers such as nVidia's and others. > > TIA. > ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: PCI wireless NICs
sorry - make that a wmp54g On Fri, 2005-08-05 at 11:06 -0400, Frank DiPrete wrote: > I just tested a linksys wmpg46g version 4 on fedora 3 2.6 kernel > It works using the rt2500 open source driver. > > Get the latest tar ball from cvs site for the project. > The older versions do not compile on later kernels. > > > > On Thu, 2005-08-04 at 13:57 -0400, Randy Edwards wrote: > >The last time I checked, the G version of the wireless "standard" did > > not > > have any GNU/Linux support. > > > >Could someone recommend any PCI wireless NICs that have good Linux > > support? > > I strongly prefer something that has free drivers, as I want to avoid > > semi-supported and binary drivers such as nVidia's and others. > > > > TIA. > > > > ___ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: PCI wireless NICs
This is just a FWIW follow-up to a query I previously posted about wireless NICs. The model I wound up going with was the Foxconn WLL-3500 (you can find it at www.newegg.com or many other vendors). This NIC is surprisingly small and it uses an external antenna with a magnetic base on about an 18 inch cable. The big advantage I saw in this 802.11g card was that it uses the RaLink RT2500 chipset, which has a GPL'ed Linux driver. Debian has this driver packaged for Sid/Unstable (the driver source backports seamlessly to Sarge/Stable), and the driver docs are littered with Fedora references so I'm guessing it's readily available for that distro. The setup was simple and the cards seem to perform well. Regards, . Randy -- "Look, the average American doesn't mind the Defense Department tracking their credit card transactions, bank accounts, medical records, veterinary records, methods of transportation, travels taken, their housing information, or tracking every phone call they make. Of course, the average American knows more about an episode of 'Friends' than about what their own government is up to." -- Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, defending DARPA's Information Awareness Office ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
