Buying a new WiFi card, any recommendations?

dhalsiim · Guru Joined: 29 Jan 2003 Posts: 486

From here

http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Linux.Wireless.drivers.802.11ag.html

I gather that Intersil PrismIndigo, PrismGT and PrismDuette cards (802.11a/802.11g) are the superman of all WiFi cards on Linux. I have never used one before and I would like to know what you guys are using and if it's stable/easy to setup ^^.

Thank you.

iverson0881 · Apprentice Joined: 08 Jan 2004 Posts: 285 Location: CA

If you're running an amd64 setup in 64bit anything with an Atheros (madwifi-driver) chipset is a no go

dhalsiim · Guru Joined: 29 Jan 2003 Posts: 486

*Phew*.. x86 32 bit Intels here XD. Thank you for your reply ^^

r1k0d3r · Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2004 8:59 pm Post subject:

hi,

iam using a WG511 wifi chipset and it work pretty fine for me ..

and i have a pcmcia card using prism54 driver which is marvelous !!!! the kernel config take 5 minutes.

so go for it definilty wg511 no matter what you got, laptop or desktop..

hope this will help
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dhalsiim · Guru Joined: 29 Jan 2003 Posts: 486

Thank you .. does it work for the 2.6 branch of the kernel?

malloc · l33t Joined: 19 Sep 2003 Posts: 762

I have an SMC2835W wich runs flawlessly on my laptop with the prism54 drivers (they are on kernel). They're preety cheap and have a great performance.

Funny Side-note: I have a friend who has a dual-boot on his laptop and he has never been hable to get the card to work right on windows (Divine justice i'd say

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dhalsiim · Guru Joined: 29 Jan 2003 Posts: 486

Awesome.. I see that that all the cards that work with the prism54 drivers are a good deal! Thanks for your reply guys. Now I know what to look for ^^

r1k0d3r · Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2004 10:19 pm Post subject:

YES, it works pretty well on 2.6.9 so far..im using it currently..

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