Re: [SOLVED] Wireless Adapter Card compatibility
Awesome info, thanks everyone for helping find a good solution. I have yet to purchase but have very good direction on some candidates to buy now. Klistvud: Thanks for the tips - I prefer to put my money towards a Linux-friendly company any chance I get. I'd prefer a new card if possible but not opposed to buying used. Nate: Great info. I've found several ath5k module cardbus adapters using Celejar's link ( http://linux-wless.passys.nl/query_chipset.php?chipset=Atheros, and searching for ath5k in the results). Having the card supported natively with the kernel is my ideal solution. Thanks again for the ideas and help! Mark On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 3:55 AM, Nate Bargmann n...@n0nb.us wrote: I've had excellent success with Atheros based adapters. They now use the ath5k module included with recent kernels. I dont't have any of the newer hardware that requires the ath9k driver, however. - Nate -- The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true. Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://n0nb.us/index.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: [SOLVED] Wireless Adapter Card compatibility
Mark wrote: Awesome info, thanks everyone for helping find a good solution. I have yet to purchase but have very good direction on some candidates to buy now. Klistvud: Thanks for the tips - I prefer to put my money towards a Linux-friendly company any chance I get. I'd prefer a new card if possible but not opposed to buying used. Nate: Great info. I've found several ath5k module cardbus adapters using Celejar's link ( http://linux-wless.passys.nl/query_chipset.php?chipset=Atheros, and searching for ath5k in the results). Having the card supported natively with the kernel is my ideal solution. Thanks again for the ideas and help! Mark Mark Sorry to get in so late on this thread. Do a google search for madwifi. All the info about cards that work with the Atheros drivers is there. Look for the Compatibility page. I have 5 Atheros PCMCIA cards working with my favorite being the NetGear WG511U. Got 3 of them 'cheap' on Ebay 3 years ago. They have a lot of very helpful information on setting up all kinds of networks as well. WT -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: [SOLVED] Wireless Adapter Card compatibility
Wayne wrote: Do a google search for madwifi. All the info about cards that work with the Atheros drivers is there. Look for the Compatibility page. Thanks Wayne, unfortunately the madwifi Compatibility page is broken when I go there (http://www.madwifi.org/wiki/Compatibility). No problem, I have decided to go with the D-Link WNA-2330 after research and some reviews indicating people have had it work great with Linux distros. It is Atheros/ath5k based. Coincidentally this is the same adapter I bought for a family member's XP laptop a couple years ago, at more than twice the price I paid today (~$20 USD). I was not impressed with the XP drives but after reading up on the ath5k project I anticipate better success with Debian. Mark
Re: [SOLVED] Wireless Adapter Card compatibility
Mark wrote: Wayne wrote: Do a google search for madwifi. All the info about cards that work with the Atheros drivers is there. Look for the Compatibility page. Thanks Wayne, unfortunately the madwifi Compatibility page is broken when I go there (http://www.madwifi.org/wiki/Compatibility). No problem, I have decided to go with the D-Link WNA-2330 after research and some reviews indicating people have had it work great with Linux distros. It is Atheros/ath5k based. Coincidentally this is the same adapter I bought for a family member's XP laptop a couple years ago, at more than twice the price I paid today (~$20 USD). I was not impressed with the XP drives but after reading up on the ath5k project I anticipate better success with Debian. It looks like a lot has changed on the madwifi site, been a while since I have been there. The http://www.madwifi.org/wiki does have a lot of useful info though. Glad you got a good buy. I'm sure you'll be happy with the Atheros chip. I sure am. Regards Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: [SOLVED] Wireless Adapter Card compatibility
* Wayne Topa linux...@gmail.com [2009 Aug 19 13:48 -0500]: Glad you got a good buy. I'm sure you'll be happy with the Atheros chip. I sure am. Ditto, Wayne. I think now the Atheros chipsets should be among the preferred wireless adapters these days. I bought a Linksys WPC-55AG almost five years ago and it worked like a champ with the Madwifi driver which was then centered around a closed source HAL blob. I've been using ath5k for about a year or more without issue. Today I use it extensively with a Linksys WRT54AG router using WPA PSK on 802.11a without issue at home. It has performed flawlessly on the road at various hotels. - Nate -- The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true. Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://n0nb.us/index.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
