[ale] 802.11g for linux?

[BruceG]

On Tuesday 11 May 2004 14:31, Geoffrey wrote:
> John Wells wrote:
> > Anyone using an 802.11g card *painlessly* under linux?  If so, which one?
>
> Depends on your defintion of pain.  I've got two prism54 cards working,
> one is a 3com pcmcia card, the other an smc pci card.  The 3com worked
> 'out of the box' with my Emperor Linux kernel because they sell the card
> and support everything they sell.
>
> The smc pci card required a kernel rebuild, but I understand the support
> for the prims54 chips is in the 2.6 kernel.  Looking at my fresh SuSE
> 9.1 install (2.6.4), the module is there.

Dang, and I went for the 802.11A +B +G card with the Atheros chipset and 
madwifi drivers. Shoulda waited and went for prism54. (btw, not using the 
card, yanked it and went wired. Thinking about using it in a different 
machine for my kids)