recommened 802.11 adapter

Hi,

Can somebody recommend a well-known 802.11b adapter that is well supported
by the kernel. It needs to be something that is easy to get, like at
best-buy, circuit city.

Thanks
Jesus

On Fri, 26 Dec 2003 17:47:05 -0700, Jesus Arango wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Can somebody recommend a well-known 802.11b adapter that is well supported
> by the kernel. It needs to be something that is easy to get, like at
> best-buy, circuit city.

The Netgear MA401 PCMCIA wireless network card is well regarded, works
well in my setup (Redhat 9) and should be widely available. (I got mine at
CompUSA.) Of the 3 or 4 cards I've tried on my laptop, it won the ease
of install contest hands down.

"Jesus Arango" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> Hi,
>
> Can somebody recommend a well-known 802.11b adapter that is well
> supported by the kernel. It needs to be something that is easy to get,
> like at best-buy, circuit city.
>

A card with prism2 chipset only. Not only because it can be used as
WDS/Bridge and Accesspoint but also as a fair 802.11b monitor.
You will have to download and instal drivers manually since they
dont come with the kernel.
http://hostap.epitest.fi/


P.Krumins

Peteris Krumins wrote:

> A card with prism2 chipset only. Not only because it can be used as
> WDS/Bridge and Accesspoint but also as a fair 802.11b monitor.
> You will have to download and instal drivers manually since they
> dont come with the kernel.

Actually, that may depend on the distro. My Thinkpad has the Prism chipset
and SuSE 9 works fine with it.

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James Knott <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> Peteris Krumins wrote:
>
>> A card with prism2 chipset only. Not only because it can be used as
>> WDS/Bridge and Accesspoint but also as a fair 802.11b monitor.
>> You will have to download and instal drivers manually since they
>> dont come with the kernel.
>
> Actually, that may depend on the distro. My Thinkpad has the Prism
> chipset and SuSE 9 works fine with it.
>

With Orinoco drivers i suppose? They neither support wds nor ap modes.


P.Krumins

Peteris Krumins wrote:

>> Actually, that may depend on the distro. My Thinkpad has the Prism
>> chipset and SuSE 9 works fine with it.
>>
>
> With Orinoco drivers i suppose? They neither support wds nor ap modes.
>

No. It's using the HostAP drivers.

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Other option, it's PCI CARD 2802w ...

Read document :
http://bulma.net/body.phtml?nIdNoticia=1921

Only, WDS it's I+D

thanks.




James Knott <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> Peteris Krumins wrote:
>
>>> Actually, that may depend on the distro. My Thinkpad has the Prism
>>> chipset and SuSE 9 works fine with it.
>>>
>>
>> With Orinoco drivers i suppose? They neither support wds nor ap
>> modes.
>>
>
> No. It's using the HostAP drivers.
>



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Jesus Arango <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Can somebody recommend a well-known 802.11b adapter that is well supported
> by the kernel. It needs to be something that is easy to get, like at
> best-buy, circuit city.

What about recommendations for 802.11g? Over here they're getting on
for being as cheap as 11b adapters. PCI and PC Card suggestions gratefully
received.

Cheers,
Chris

(E-Mail Removed) writes:

> Jesus Arango <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> > Can somebody recommend a well-known 802.11b adapter that is well supported
> > by the kernel. It needs to be something that is easy to get, like at
> > best-buy, circuit city.
>
> What about recommendations for 802.11g? Over here they're getting on
> for being as cheap as 11b adapters. PCI and PC Card suggestions gratefully
> received.


Have a look at www.prism54.org which supports the intersil chipset for
802.11g cards. Examples are SMC2835W or Netgear WG511 but there are
many more. Standard kernels do *not* support them out of the box, but
the drivers are getting pretty stable by now. Two options: kernel
patch or external compiled module as decribed in the readme. Following
the requirements/instructions for the hotplug subsystem are important,
the regular pcmcia mechanisms are not covering this driver.


K.-H.

Karl-Heinz Herrmann <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Have a look at www.prism54.org which supports the intersil chipset for
> 802.11g cards. Examples are SMC2835W or Netgear WG511 but there are
> many more.

Great, thanks for the pointer.

> Standard kernels do *not* support them out of the box, but
> the drivers are getting pretty stable by now. Two options: kernel
> patch or external compiled module as decribed in the readme.

That's fine by me. I already run custom kernels on my boxen.

Cheers,
Chris