Even if the card is not directly supported by linux you can get many of
them to run fine using the NDIS wrapper for the windows driver.
Heres the list of cards it supports.
http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/index.php/List
Most distros have NDIS built into there network configuration utility so
it's generally just an issue of downloading the windows driver and
pointing the the software to its location.
I've got a Broadcom card (no native driver) running fine using NDIS in
Mdk 2006 x86_64 WPA support and every thing.
Chad
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
