Is a RT2500 chip wireless card a good deal?

[Joe Potter]

Jonathan Hudson wrote:
> Joe Potter wrote:
> 
>> Does Ubuntu support an RT2500 wireless card? I was looking at a Zonet
>> ZEW1601 which is certainly a bargain if it works.
> 
> 
> I have two, one on Ubuntu IA32 and one on Ubuntu PPC. Works perfectly 
> using the latest beta from serialmonkey and the team at 
> <http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/> (actually has worked for many months 
> with various CVS builds). Kudos to them and to  RaLink for GPLing the 
> drivers. I would not buy any other make solely because these drivers are 
> OSS (as I told Edimax, who made the cards). Also told them they needed a 
> penguin on the box :-).
> 
> -jonathan
> 
> 


Great to hear you say that. I ordered two today as a test, and now I see 
this. We need twenty five, and Zonet is almost giving away the ZEW1601. 
The price is so low I was a little afraid to buy them.

Thanks for your comments.


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Regards, Joe