Oops, I didn't notice the 802.11g-orientation of this question. However, slashdot readers will have noticed a headline this evening which highlights a thing called DriverLoader from LinuxAnt:
http://www.linuxant.com/company/press_dldr.php which now handles Centrino drivers (much to Intel's dismay?); it is a general system for loading windows wifi drivers under Linux... and their compatibility page... http://www.linuxant.com/driverloader/compatibility.php led me to: http://www.linux-wlan.org/docs/wlan_adapters.html which I've seen before -- it is a great long list, showing exactly how spare linux support is amongst wifi products. This can only get better, but it is quite a waiting game (unless you code!). The DriverLoader commercial product can load some 802.11g (and a, and a+g) drivers for otherwise-unsupported hardware, or so it claims. They offer a 30-day free trial, but I cannot see the list price without making an account, bah. Hope this helps! I think if I had a laptop with embedded .11g or a+g, I'd buy this -- IF there were reason to need .11a or .11g, when .11b suffices, or if I couldn't use the .11b bits without full driver support (ie, no other way to get any wifi)... regards, Ben On Mon, 3 Nov 2003 17:02:12 -0800 Ben Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | In general, NO. However, there are only a few chipsets proliferating | into many re-branded or no-name cards, IIRC... you'll want to start | out with the Linux Hardware HOWTO, but might want to check some | mailing list archives to find the latest word on that development. | Many will work, some are workable but a pain in the arse, and some | won't work. | | Search for 'wireless' in | http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/other-formats/html_single/Hardware-HOWTO.html | | Also see, more specific: | http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/#whard | http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/other-formats/html_single/Wireless-HOWTO.html#ss2.6 | | Good luck. I think if you can find out what chipset is used, you can | be relatively certain that a compatible-chipset card can be made to | work... YMMV! | | ciao, | | Ben | | | On Mon, 03 Nov 2003 22:47:30 +0000 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | | | Will any of the generic Wireless PCMCIA cardbus ethernet adaptor | | IEEE 802.11b [802.11g compatible] found on www.pricewatch.com work | | with my RH9 system? I'm buying either aD-Link Airplus 2.4GHz | | wireless router or use my existing Ipcop firewall on an old Pentium | | 100 and add another PCMCIA adapter and card to it. Am I moving in | | the right direction? I'm following the 3/6/01 article; " Recipe for | | a Linux 802.11b home Network" from the O'Reilly site. TIA, Dirk _______________________________________________ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
