[ubuntu-uk] Wifi PCMCIA card - suggestions, please.
Stephen Drake
stevepdrake at googlemail.com
Sat Oct 20 12:44:00 BST 2007
On Sat, 2007-10-20 at 10:02 +0100, Alan Pope wrote:
> Hi Mac,
>
> On Sat, 2007-10-20 at 09:56 +0100, Mac wrote:
> > For example, linuxemporium recommends Edimax. I bought one some time
> > ago, but it didn't work 'out of the box' with Feisty. It doesn't work
> > 'out of the box' with Gutsy live CD. So I'm sceptical of anything that
> > doesn't come with an 'I've actually seen this working' recommendation.
> >
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/RalinkRT2500
>
> "The easiest way to get your wireless working if you have rt2500-based
> wireless is to upgrade to Ubuntu 7.10. Everything works out of the box,
> including WPA."
>
> Cheers,
> Al.
I didn't know about the improvements in RT2500, that's great news!
Also consider Atheros based cards, usually with 108 Mbps, Xtreme G or
Super G on the box. Most cards will work fine. Only the very latest
cards have issues with the binary firmware.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/Madwifi
There's a list of specific cards on the madwifi site.
http://madwifi.org/wiki/Compatibility
Steve
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