Re: [SOLVED] Wireless Adapter Card compatibility

[Nate Bargmann]

* Wayne Topa  [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 >>

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Re: [SOLVED] Wireless Adapter Card compatibility

[Wayne Topa]

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  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


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Re: [SOLVED] Wireless Adapter Card compatibility

[Mark]

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

[Wayne Topa]

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


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Re: [SOLVED] Wireless Adapter Card compatibility

[Mark]

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  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 >>
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Re: Wireless Adapter Card compatibility

[Nate Bargmann]

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 >>

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Re: Wireless Adapter Card compatibility

[Klistvud]

Dne, 18. 08. 2009 19:03:35 je Mark napisal(a):
> After numerous Google searches I'm unable to arrive at a definitive
> answer/website so please send me a link if I've missed something
> (here's the
> best I've found so far: http://www.linux-drivers.org/,
> http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/).  My question is simple: I inherited an
> old
> (very old) laptop with no built-in wireless support so I need to
> purchase a
> wireless adapter.  Given the limitation of 2 usb ports but 1 
> available
> CardBus slot I'd prefer to use a card-style adapter versus a usb-
> type.
>  I'm
> considering one of these two models but want to confirm they will 
> play
> nicely with Debian Lenny before purchasing; does anyone have insight?
> Again, if I missed a link please point me to it.
> 
> http://www.amazon.com/Linksys-WPC300N-Wireless-N-Notebook-Adapter/dp/
> B000VMT0YE/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1250613814&sr=8-4
> http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-Wrls-Notebook-Card-F5D7011/dp/
> B0002ED6IC/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1250614739&sr=1-6
> 
> I realize the first link is N-compatible and the second is G-only. 
> I'm only
> on G at home so N is not a requirement.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Mark
> 
> 

Steer clear from Belkin, they've always given Linux a cold shoulder. As 
you know, running ndiswrapper isn't really a "solution".
There are some manufacturers, on the other hand, that do consider Linux 
a valid operating system... I think it really shouldn't be a problem to 
get a "ready for linux" card in the older 802.11g range. The newer 
broadcoms 
use the proprietary wl driver which will taint your installation. The 
same goes for the majority of newer (802.11n) cards, I'm afraid. AFAIK 
free 
drivers 
generally work with older chipsets, not with the most recent ones. The 
older airgos/atheros/broadcoms should work just fine, so maybe you 
should 
consider buying a used card? Aptitude or Synaptic will tell you which 
chipsets are supported natively in Debian, which ones need firmware
files, and so on.

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Re: Wireless Adapter Card compatibility

[Celejar]

On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:03:35 -0700
Mark  wrote:

> After numerous Google searches I'm unable to arrive at a definitive
> answer/website so please send me a link if I've missed something (here's the
> best I've found so far: http://www.linux-drivers.org/,
> http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/).  My question is simple: I inherited an old

This used to be a great site for linux wireless compatibility
information (it likely still is, but I haven't used it for a while):

http://linux-wless.passys.nl/

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Re: Wireless Adapter Card compatibility

[Mark]

Thanks Howard.  Your link led me to do more research which led me to this
page which has lots of options including the one you have which is Linux
compatible: http://hardware4linux.info/search/.  I had not seen it before
but man it is handy in case anyone else needs a hardware reference and
doesn't already know about it.

Thanks!
Mark

On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Howard Eisenberger  wrote:

> On 2009-08-18, Mark  wrote:
>
> > After numerous Google searches I'm unable to arrive at a definitive
> > answer/website so please send me a link if I've missed something (here's
> the
> > best I've found so far: http://www.linux-drivers.org/,
> > http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/).  My question is simple: I inherited an old
> > (very old) laptop with no built-in wireless support so I need to purchase
> a
> > wireless adapter.  Given the limitation of 2 usb ports but 1 available
> > CardBus slot I'd prefer to use a card-style adapter versus a usb-type.
>  I'm
> > considering one of these two models but want to confirm they will play
> > nicely with Debian Lenny before purchasing; does anyone have insight?
> > Again, if I missed a link please point me to it.
> >
> >
> http://www.amazon.com/Linksys-WPC300N-Wireless-N-Notebook-Adapter/dp/B000VMT0YE/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1250613814&sr=8-4
> >
> http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-Wrls-Notebook-Card-F5D7011/dp/B0002ED6IC/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1250614739&sr=1-6
> >
> > I realize the first link is N-compatible and the second is G-only.  I'm
> only
> > on G at home so N is not a requirement.
>
> I'm using one of these in a couple of old laptops with Debian testing.
> Old Ralink RT2500 chipset, similar to the Belkin?
>
>
> http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250432973717&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
>
> Regards,
>
> Howard E.
>
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Re: Wireless Adapter Card compatibility

[Howard Eisenberger]

On 2009-08-18, Mark  wrote:

> After numerous Google searches I'm unable to arrive at a definitive
> answer/website so please send me a link if I've missed something (here's the
> best I've found so far: http://www.linux-drivers.org/,
> http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/).  My question is simple: I inherited an old
> (very old) laptop with no built-in wireless support so I need to purchase a
> wireless adapter.  Given the limitation of 2 usb ports but 1 available
> CardBus slot I'd prefer to use a card-style adapter versus a usb-type.  I'm
> considering one of these two models but want to confirm they will play
> nicely with Debian Lenny before purchasing; does anyone have insight?
> Again, if I missed a link please point me to it.
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Linksys-WPC300N-Wireless-N-Notebook-Adapter/dp/B000VMT0YE/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1250613814&sr=8-4
> http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-Wrls-Notebook-Card-F5D7011/dp/B0002ED6IC/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1250614739&sr=1-6
>
> I realize the first link is N-compatible and the second is G-only.  I'm only
> on G at home so N is not a requirement.

I'm using one of these in a couple of old laptops with Debian testing. 
Old Ralink RT2500 chipset, similar to the Belkin?

http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250432973717&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

Regards,

Howard E.


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Wireless Adapter Card compatibility

[Mark]

After numerous Google searches I'm unable to arrive at a definitive
answer/website so please send me a link if I've missed something (here's the
best I've found so far: http://www.linux-drivers.org/,
http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/).  My question is simple: I inherited an old
(very old) laptop with no built-in wireless support so I need to purchase a
wireless adapter.  Given the limitation of 2 usb ports but 1 available
CardBus slot I'd prefer to use a card-style adapter versus a usb-type.  I'm
considering one of these two models but want to confirm they will play
nicely with Debian Lenny before purchasing; does anyone have insight?
Again, if I missed a link please point me to it.

http://www.amazon.com/Linksys-WPC300N-Wireless-N-Notebook-Adapter/dp/B000VMT0YE/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1250613814&sr=8-4
http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-Wrls-Notebook-Card-F5D7011/dp/B0002ED6IC/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1250614739&sr=1-6

I realize the first link is N-compatible and the second is G-only.  I'm only
on G at home so N is not a requirement.

Thanks in advance,
Mark