Wireless card for Feisty
Pete Holsberg
pjh42 at pobox.com
Fri Jun 22 02:47:28 UTC 2007
Albert Charron keyed the following on 6/21/2007 2:59 PM:
> David Stubblebine wrote:
>
>> I think I'm going to replace the Belkin "B" card I have in my Dell
>> laptop with a "G" card. Can anyone recommend one that survived the
>> upgrade to Feisty without any problems? I would prefer a card that
>> just "works."
>>
> I used 3 different adapters on my Feisty laptop. These are working "out
> of the box" on my laptop, but needs the "restricted driver"... On
> Mandriva, I had to install madwifi to make them work, but they were
> working perfectly there too...
>
> - D-Link DWL-G650
> - Belkin (don't remember the model, but it was a "G" and working
> perfectly under Linux while I couldn't make it work under doze)
> - Netgear WG111 USB
>
> I think you'll need to check for the chipset on the card. I know that
> D-Link has many different revisions of the same card, and the chipset
> may vary from a revision to another. The Belkin and the D-Link are
> using atheros chipsets...
>
I have been assured that PCI cards using the Atheros chipset work right
out of the box.
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Pete Holsberg
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