Rickard Eriksson wrote: > 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 > >
I use the MA111 - wouldn't be online without it, since my $£%&ing pcmcia controller blew up - and it's solid as a rock. It uses the wlan-ng26 driver, and the only possible disadvantage is that it is 802.11b only. However, this is not a problem for me, as this machine only has USB 1.1, and would be unable to use the higher speed provided by 11g. I have written a very simple init script for it, to replace the over-complex (IMO) init procedure provided by wlan-ng26-utils, and I'd be happy to share it with you, if you decide to go down that road. Regards Tom K. _______________________________________________ arch mailing list [email protected] http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
