[H-GEN] PCMCIA wireless NIC recommendations

[Gary Curtis]

I bought a wireless card recently.  It works just fine with Linux.
For the record it is a Netgear WG511 (802.11b&g)

The key thing to consider is chipset.  The WG511 is based on the Prism54
chipset which is supported via the efforts at prism54.org.

Avoid Texas Instruments chipsets like the plague as TI is not at all
Linux friendly. Unfortunately this eliminates many cards on the market 
right now.  Do your chipset homework.

Gaz

On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 22:27:13 +1000, Geoff Shang <geoff at hitsandpieces.net> wrote:
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> Hi:
> 
> I'm about to go overseas and need to quickly determine whether or not I can
> afford to get a wireless NIC that works without too much mucking around
> with experimental drivers.  elx.com.au seems to only have an 802.11b/g card
> for which the drivers are experimental, plus a bunch of linksys stuff
> that's out of stock.
> 
> Just wondering what people have in terms of recommendations.  Speed is not
> a big deal - I don't mind if it can't do 802.11G.
> 
> Geoff.
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