I have a USB wifi from the wholesaler Protac. (available at various retailers 
for prob around $50) Anyway, I have just received an updated driver from the 
suppliers. The card is a WLB 1403. (I emailed the manufacturer, they sent the 
orig driver, then I thanked them: & they sent the new driver...pays to be 
polite!)
  If anyone wants the driver, (it is atmelwlandriver-ss-20040212.tar.gz) I 
could email it I guess, or it is probably googleable.

regards Doug

On Mon, 16 Feb 2004 07:45 pm, Matthew Palmer wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 16, 2004 at 07:23:52PM +1100, James Gray wrote:
> > I work.  So given the limited driver support under Linux what have people
> > *had success* with?  I don't have mega-bucks to spend ($100-150 tops) and
>
> The older DWL-650 (prism chipset from memory) work, it's the 650+ that uses
> the dodgy "military grade" chipset.  I've used a 650 and they scream along.
>
> The Orinoco-chipset beasties, like most of the ones from Lucent/Agere work
> well (I've got an old 2Mb that works nicely).
>
> Seriously, I don't think that the driver issue is quite as nasty as people
> think.  One bonus of buying stuff for laptops is that you can bring your
> pre-built Linux kernel and machine along and try them out at a store
> somewhere.  Make notes of which ones work, then find somewhere cheap to get
> them from.  <grin>
>
> - Matt

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