Wireless+Ubuntu

[Curt Goff]

> 
> I'm thinking of moving to a wireless network at home, but I'm a little
> unsure of the support for 802.11b+g cards under ubuntu. I've been
> googling, but it's hard to match up chipsets, cards and drivers when you
> don't know much about the subject.
> 
> Is anyone out there running a wireless network with ubuntu and, if so,
> what would your recommendations for network cards (both for a laptop and
> desktop machine) be?
> 
> Many thanks,
> Ben
> 
Ben,

I'm using a 802.11b pcmcia wireless card in my laptop that worked right 'out of the box'.  It's identified as an 'Intersil Prism2 11 Mbps Wireless Adapter'.  It uses the orinoco_cs driver.

Curt Goff