Avoid the Linksys WMP11, they changed the chipset inside them without changing the model numbers. So Linux has drivers for the older ones that you won't find in the market anymore.
Same with D-Link DWL520. Don't know who is making these brain dead decisions in these companies. I settled on Netgear MA311 which are available aplenty and work well. Obviously, these are only 802.11b. But the drivers are mature and the cards also support the hostap driver. Some drivers have just been released for the entire line of Atheros 802.11a/b/g chipset based cards that can be found at http://sourceforge.net/projects/madwifi. I tried out the driver and it needs some work for my purposes. YMMV. Good luck. /Amit On Fri, 2003-07-25 at 11:39, Mike Outmesguine wrote: > Since you are planning to use this for different applications (you mentioned > Kismet), I would recommend checking the product support for each application > you want to run. Then find the card that fits your needs. > > Also, newer cards and niche cards tend to have less support on Linux. You > can get drivers for the Orinoco B card, but the ABG combo card will be > harder to find. > > Kismet card types list is here: > http://www.kismetwireless.net/documentation.shtml > > > -- > Mike Outmesguine > President, TransStellar, Inc. > Co-Founder, Southern California Wireless Users Group (SOCALWUG) > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > AOL-IM: socalwug > ICQ: 176284 > Say: /OUT-mess-geen/ > Direct: 1-818-889-9445 x102 > Fax: 1-818-337-7420 > Corporate Information: www.transstellar.com > Wireless User Group: www.socalwug.org > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of David Jackson > Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 12:13 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [SOCALWUG] Questions about Linux support for PCI Wireless Network > Cards. > > > I need to setup a network of 50 computers that will be > using both Windows XP and Linux Red Hat 9. We were > initially going to get the ORiNOCO 11a/b/g PCI Card > for these workstations, but soon realized that there > are no Linux drivers for them. > > So my question is this. Can anyone point me to PCI > cards that have support for both Windows XP and Linux > Red Hat 8 or 9. Our main goal since this is a > classroom environment, is to be able to use the many > utilities that are available such as Kismet, etc. on > these computers. > > As we are in need to purchase these almost > immediately, you're help is greatly appreciated in > advanced! > > David Jackson > 866.400.4575 > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amit Kucheria akucheria@<NOSPAM>metricsystems.com Metric Systems Corp. 2320 Cousteau Court, Suite 201, Vista, CA 92083 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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