The problem isn't the g, but the chipsets that are in these g cards. If you're lucky enough to get your hands on a g card with a good chipset (e.g. prism54), then g (and b) works great in Linux.
On Tue, 10 May 2005 at 05:53 -0600, Charles Curley wrote: > On Tue, May 10, 2005 at 01:47:44AM -0600, Ned D Hanks wrote: > > I upgraded to Linux kernel 2.6.11 and my wireless card is not well > > supported. It has a proprietary component that I can only get the > > binary version for and it was compiled with 2.6.9 and gets undefined > > symbols when I try to load it with modprobe -f. > > > > So. I would like to get a different card that is better supported. > > I have looked at a number of shops around Orem/Provo but can't find > > one. Most places now are only selling 802.11g, and from what I have > > been reading very few of those cards are supported. > > Most 802.11g cards will also handle 802.11b just fine (but read the > fine print to be sure), so you should be OK. > > Have you considered using ndiswrapper or linuxant's wrapper for ndis > drivers? > > > > > Does anybody know where I can get a 802.11b PCI card that is well > > supported? > > -- > > Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign > Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards > and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email > http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email > > Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB > .===================================. > | This has been a P.L.U.G. mailing. | > | Don't Fear the Penguin. | > | IRC: #utah at irc.freenode.net | > `===================================' -- .O. Hans Fugal | De gustibus non disputandum est. ..O http://hans.fugal.net | Debian, vim, mutt, ruby, text, gpg OOO | WindowMaker, gaim, UTF-8, RISC, JS Bach --------------------------------------------------------------------- GnuPG Fingerprint: 6940 87C5 6610 567F 1E95 CB5E FC98 E8CD E0AA D460
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