Doug Jolley wrote: > Hi, again. Thanks for the responses. Upon further Googling, it looks > like maybe my question should have been, "What Device?" It appears > that the path of least resistance is to get something with the Prism > chip set. However, it also appears that that may be easier said than > done. I've been reading that a lot manufacturers change chipsets > without changing the model number of their cards. Can anyone give me > specific guidance on what device to get including how to identify it? > If anyone doesn't agree with my conclusion about the Prism chipset, > I'd love to hear why. Basically, I'm looking for guidance on > specifically what device to get. It sounds like starting with the > right card can make this task a lot easier. > > Thanks. > > ... doug > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > arch mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch > As I can't tell you what you should buy specifically I will say what I use and how I think it works in everyday life :P
I use a Zyxel Zyair G-100, which is an 801.11b/g card. This card uses a prism chipset identified as the Prism GT/Prism Duette, module prism54 from the kernel. This card has NEVER been especially hard to setup or get to work. The only thing you need to do is download the firmware which is available at www.prism54.org under the page Fullmac Driver, and linked as ISL3890. This goes into /lib/firmware (the folder needs to be created unless you have something that has done this before hand) and then you just ifconfig <device> up the card and it works. Also there are some versions of the 3com 801.11b cards that are super easy to put up, versions 1.0 and 1.1 I believe. Most cards using the atmel and airo module works out of the box too. Unfortunately I don't know the specific card names though but good luck finding a suitable card. PS. The netgear MA111 is functional under Linux though wireless usb devices usually do bug quite a bit in my experience. //Rickard Eriksson _______________________________________________ arch mailing list [email protected] http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
