Wireless nics linux in general

[anthonyriga]

I dont know much about debian but I like this wepage
http://www.linux-wlan.org/docs/wlan_adapters.html.gz
that has help me find compatable wireless stuff. I
tested a few cards netgear ma 311 and 3Com 3crdw696
have worked well with Knoppix 3.9 live cd picks it
right up.. Its from 2004 a little outdated hopefully
they will test wpa security and 802.g 54 stuff. I
havent tried them yet on Fedora 4. I am going to test
some pcmcia and integrated wireless when I have time
at work too. I think there needs to be more wireless
support from companys to open their drivers. Laptops
are huge sellers that would be a real plus for average
user to setup wireless easily and boost peoples
awareness of Linux..  

--- JJ Neff <jjneff at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I finally gave up after failing to compile a new
> hostap driver, and failing to
> compile kernel modules for 2.6.8-2-386 kernel.  (In
> fact as a test I tried to
> compile a cmd line IRC client (from aboutdebian.com)
> and that failed - so I
> guess I can't compile anything!).
> 
> Anywho I was able to acquire a Cisco Air PCM350. 
> Works flawlessly from the
> word "go".  Drivers work, setup works, in fact what
> I got from a week of trying
> to get 2 unsupported cards working was the knowledge
> on how best to use
> supported cards (WEP enabled, automatically renames
> interface to cisco0 instead
> of eth0 using ifrename etc etc). So I won't consider
> it all wasted time.  And I
> can still use the SanDisk card for when I bring my
> work laptop home.
> 
> JJ
> 
> --- JJ Neff <jjneff at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > I bought a cheap SanDisk Wireless NIC with 128 MB
> memory (cf formfactor) and
> > it
> > works fine under windows in pcmcia with adapter,
> > I see it as working under linux but it uses the
> linux-wlan-ng prism drivers
> > and
> > debian has those only under unstable and then with
> no kernel modules for
> > 2.6.8
> > kernel - I tried the 2.4.27 version of kernel,
> modules, and pcmcia modules
> > but
> > the driver gave me missing symbol errors
> (indicating there was a kernel
> > module
> > mismatch).
> > 
> > SO I finally gave up as hostap and orinoco drivers
> would not work, now I have
> > my hands on a linksys wpc11 ver4 (really realtek)
> and it seems to be
> > supported
> > with a still alpha realtek driver or under
> ndiswrapper using WinXP drivers )
> >
>
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?s=&threadid=333141]here
> > 
> > However I want to know if anyone here is unsing a
> pcmcia wireless nic without
> > having to recompile software or use windows
> wrapped drivers.  Anyone have
> > debian packages from linux-wlan-ng?  Anyone know
> of a card that works under
> > debian sarge (or testing) and uses the hostap or
> orinoco drivers?
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > JJN
> > 
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