Re: wireless adapter/card recommendations?

2007-01-18 Thread Wayne Topa
John C([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: Micha Feigin wrote: On Tue, 09 Jan 2007 17:11:41 -0600 John C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: celejar wrote: On 1/9/07, John C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi folks, It doesn't look like anything wireless works right out-of-the-box with

Re: wireless adapter/card recommendations?

2007-01-18 Thread celejar
On 1/18/07, Wayne Topa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] The TRENDnet TEW-423PI is listed on http://madwifi.org.wiki/Compatibility as working perfectly with madwifi on Debian. Wayne There are 2 revisions of the 423PI; one with the TI ACX111 that has linux support and one with a Marvell

Re: wireless adapter/card recommendations?

2007-01-18 Thread John C
celejar wrote: On 1/18/07, Wayne Topa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] The TRENDnet TEW-423PI is listed on http://madwifi.org.wiki/Compatibility as working perfectly with madwifi on Debian. Wayne There are 2 revisions of the 423PI; one with the TI ACX111 that has linux support and one

Re: wireless adapter/card recommendations?

2007-01-18 Thread celejar
On 1/18/07, John C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] Naturally, the one I purchased turned out to have a Marvell chipset. But I do feel a lot better now that I've vented my frustration with my sledgehammer :) John I think the currently produced version has the Marvell chipset; I bought one

Re: wireless adapter/card recommendations?

2007-01-18 Thread Wayne Topa
celejar([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: On 1/18/07, Wayne Topa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] The TRENDnet TEW-423PI is listed on http://madwifi.org.wiki/Compatibility as working perfectly with madwifi on Debian. Wayne There are 2 revisions of the 423PI; one with the

Re: wireless adapter/card recommendations?

2007-01-18 Thread John C
Wayne Topa wrote: In an effort to save you the pain of a smashing a good wireless card, I rushed to my wifi library, found what I though to be a match, and rushed to get to you before you completed the deed. These old eyes are not what they used to be. I'm glad you already knew about the

Re: wireless adapter/card recommendations?

2007-01-17 Thread Micha Feigin
On Tue, 09 Jan 2007 17:11:41 -0600 John C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: celejar wrote: On 1/9/07, John C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi folks, I'm in the process of changing my home network from wired to wireless and am trying to find a card for a desktop that will work effortlessly with

Re: wireless adapter/card recommendations?

2007-01-17 Thread Nick Boyce
Mihira Fernando wrote: John C wrote: What I'm looking for is a wireless adapter that will work with a 802.11g 54Mbps router. I'd prefer an internal PCI card, but an external USB would also be fine. By any DLINK wifi card. They work with debian and if by any odd chance it didnt work

Re: wireless adapter/card recommendations?

2007-01-17 Thread John C
Micha Feigin wrote: On Tue, 09 Jan 2007 17:11:41 -0600 John C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: celejar wrote: On 1/9/07, John C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi folks, I'm in the process of changing my home network from wired to wireless and am trying to find a card for a desktop that will work

Re: wireless adapter/card recommendations?

2007-01-17 Thread Mihira Fernando
On 1/18/07, John C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] My current plan of attack is: 1) Take the first card I bought (TRENDnet TEW-423PI) and smash it with a sledgehammer... It does not deserve to live. err...ok.. 2) Drink a few gin and tonics. dont forget the Ice. 3) Box all this wireless

Re: wireless adapter/card recommendations?

2007-01-10 Thread Chris Lale
John C wrote: Hi folks, I'm in the process of changing my home network from wired to wireless and am trying to find a card for a desktop that will work effortlessly with etch/sid. Preferably one whose drivers are already available as part of debian. So far I've not done well and purchased

Re: wireless adapter/card recommendations?

2007-01-10 Thread Mihira Fernando
On 1/10/07, Chris Lale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John C wrote: Hi folks, I'm in the process of changing my home network from wired to wireless and am trying to find a card for a desktop that will work effortlessly with etch/sid. Preferably one whose drivers are already available as part of

Re: wireless adapter/card recommendations?

2007-01-10 Thread celejar
On 1/9/07, celejar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] 2) Madwifi [1] is terrific code, albeit unfree (it's in Debian non-free). Cards that claim support for 108 Mbps probably use Atheros chips that are supported by Madwifi, since 108 is a proprietary Atheros extension to the 802.11g standard (you

wireless adapter/card recommendations?

2007-01-09 Thread John C
Hi folks, I'm in the process of changing my home network from wired to wireless and am trying to find a card for a desktop that will work effortlessly with etch/sid. Preferably one whose drivers are already available as part of debian. So far I've not done well and purchased one that did

Re: wireless adapter/card recommendations?

2007-01-09 Thread Roby
John C wrote: Hi folks, I'm in the process of changing my home network from wired to wireless and am trying to find a card for a desktop that will work effortlessly with etch/sid. Preferably one whose drivers are already available as part of debian. So far I've not done well and

Re: wireless adapter/card recommendations?

2007-01-09 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 08:16:45AM -0500, Roby wrote: John C wrote: Hi folks, I'm in the process of changing my home network from wired to wireless and am trying to find a card for a desktop that will work effortlessly with etch/sid. Preferably one whose drivers are already

Re: wireless adapter/card recommendations?

2007-01-09 Thread Matt Zagrabelny
On Tue, 2007-01-09 at 10:18 -0600, John C wrote: Hi folks, I'm in the process of changing my home network from wired to wireless and am trying to find a card for a desktop that will work effortlessly with etch/sid. Preferably one whose drivers are already available as part of debian.

Re: wireless adapter/card recommendations?

2007-01-09 Thread celejar
On 1/9/07, John C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi folks, I'm in the process of changing my home network from wired to wireless and am trying to find a card for a desktop that will work effortlessly with etch/sid. Preferably one whose drivers are already available as part of debian. So far I've

Re: wireless adapter/card recommendations?

2007-01-09 Thread John C
celejar wrote: On 1/9/07, John C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi folks, I'm in the process of changing my home network from wired to wireless and am trying to find a card for a desktop that will work effortlessly with etch/sid. Preferably one whose drivers are already available as part of

Re: wireless adapter/card recommendations?

2007-01-09 Thread Grok Mogger
John C wrote: celejar wrote: On 1/9/07, John C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi folks, I'm in the process of changing my home network from wired to wireless and am trying to find a card for a desktop that will work effortlessly with etch/sid. Preferably one whose drivers are already available