Good recommendations. I'll have a look at eBay. Thanks,
Chris. On 20/01/2008, marcus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Chris Andrew wrote: > > I'm about to change ISP's, and will receive a wireless router with the > > package. Wi-Fi security issues aside, can anyone recommend a PCI > > (oldish PC) wi-fi network card, that has a chipset that is friendly > > towards open-source. > > > I wanted an open-source pcmcia wifi card which would be plug and play. > The Atheros drivers are in the kernel. So I searched Ebay for atheros > and found a card. It was a cheap no-name brand, but works great and is > very fast. > > I installed knetworkmanager (into kubuntu at the time), which I think is > in gNS-kde, and it just worked -- with WPA2 as well :-) > > > Another idea is to use a USB stick you can move around PCs. The rt73 > chipset works. That's in the Edimax somebody else mentioned. There you > have a manufacturer who supports open source. > > Marcus > > > > _______________________________________________ > gNewSense-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users > -- Reasons why you may want to try GNU/Linux: http://www.getgnulinux.org/ A great GNU/Linux distro: http://wiki.gnewsense.org/ _______________________________________________ gNewSense-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users
