Do you have a mini pci slot in your lappie? If so, I'd recommend that you populate that instead. I use an Aetheros AR5212 which is supported by the madwifi project ( they produce betas daily, but it's solid as a rock on my tosh.
Alternatively, ime you're stuck with 11MBbit stuff to some extent. I've also had success with the d-link dwl-120+ ( the + is *very* important! ) usb connector. This has th advantage of a big aerialon the end of a 1m cable... perfect for mounting on top of a helmet when out warbiking (: Steve On Wed, September 14, 2005 3:22 pm, Roger Searle wrote: > Hi, now that I have a wireless router at work and home (both are 802.11b > & g), I need a pcmcia card for my laptop. Plenty of them about of > course, but I want to make sure it will work under linux. Any advice on > which ones are better / easier to get going under linux / reliability / > range etc would be appreciated. > > For example while this one from DSE mentions specifically linux support > http://www.dse.co.nz/cgi-bin/dse.storefront/43278a92043fc6f8273fc0a87f990730/Product/View/XH6828 > it is quite a lot more expensive than others that do not such as > http://www.dse.co.nz/cgi-bin/dse.storefront/43278a92043fc6f8273fc0a87f990730/Product/View/XH8345 > which does not. > > While I do not have to pay for it myself, I don't have an unlimited > budget and so can't just buy anything I want. I have no idea whether > the 2.6 kernel translates into "all cards will go" and can get away with > a cheap genius card or or whether I need to be pretty careful about what > I get. > > Cheers, > Roger > > > -- Windows: Where do you want to go today? MacOS: Where do you want to be tomorrow? Linux: Are you coming or what?
