Simon Males wrote:
I've just installed a DLink DWL-G650 (Atheros chipset) using the MADWifi drivers.
Simon Wong wrote:
I've decided to upgrade my wireless pcmcia card to something *really* well supported under Linux.
Its like looking for the digital holy grail.
It seems that the Prism chipsets are very well developed so after perusing the Prism54 supported cards list (http://prism54.org/supported_cards.php?sort_by=success_cnt) it seems that the Netgear Wg511 and the 3com OfficeConnect 11g are the pick of the bunch.
Got a Netgear WG511, because I basically visited the same page.
I want something that will do 128bit WEP, WPA (for when it's supported and yes, I will use a *real* VPN later).
Can't wait till WPA support hits the streets, so I can finally WiFi at uni in linux.
It would be great to have something that allows you to set it up as an AP and to sniff air traffic for testing work.
Prism2/2.5/3 cards are the one for that. Using hostap drivers, with the hostapd service.
Does anyone have any experience with these cards or another on the list?
Yeah its pretty good, but I keep hitting this bug.
http://prism54.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=87
I've only just managed to compile the WPA support (wpa_supplicant) successfully. While the wpa_supplicant binary seems to run ok and look for an AP,
I can't be certain it works until I test it on the uni network tomorrow.
I've had to jump through some hoops to get this card to work but I REALLY wanted to have network access at uni with Linux.
Hopefully my efforts will bear success.
I will post an update advising of my success or failure.
Having said that, IF you are at all thinking of going with an Atheros based card I suggest you visit http://www.mattfoster.clara.co.uk/madwifi-faq.htm first.
Then should you require WPA support, take a look at http://hostap.epitest.fi/wpa_supplicant/
You may not see fiery hoops as I did, but only a walk in the park. ;)
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