[ale] wireless card

[James Sumners]

I shy away from the ndiswrapper stuff. In my limited trials, it is
unstable and resource intensive. I much prefer a wireless card that
has a native driver; even if that driver requires a closed firmware to
be loaded. E.G. the SMC 2802W. It _is_ difficult to find a card that
will work natively. But it is well worth the effort in my opinion.

It will be easier to find a USB wireless adapter. They are the most
common, other than PCMCIA, now. The problem is that they might not get
as good of a reception as a PCI card with a full antenna.

I know that newegg.com has one of the Netgear USB devices listed on
the prism54 site.

On 9/26/07, PairOfTwins <PairOfTwins at mindspring.com> wrote:
> Sean:
>
> I've frittered away too many hours on wireless in Linux BUT:
>
> TrendNet TEW-424UB around $20 (a USB stick)
>
> worked great using WinXP driver in ndiswrapper, & supports WPA and scanning.
>
> Tom
> =====================================================
> Sean Kilpatrick wrote:
> > Gurus all:
> >
> > I am being forced to move my computers to a place where the ethernet
> > cable won't reach without a _lot_ of trouble. So I am going to need
> > a wireless card (mid-towers, no laptops) that will work _easily_
> > with Linux -- FC if it makes a difference.
> > (Combo wired/wireless router already in use.)
> >
> > Advice would be much appreciated.
> >
> > Sean
> >
> >
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