Which wireless card?

[Leo Mauler]

It is so hard to find the right wireless card since
manufacturers never seem to want to put the name of
the chipset on the box.  And once you have the
shrinkwrap off the box, the computer store frequently
takes a dim view of returns, especially when the
reason is "An operating system with, officially, about
5% of the market, won't work with this card."

I guess what the KCLUG list really needs is a list of
local stores which have a reasonable return policy
that doesn't require the device to be completely
non-functional (in a Windows box) to exchange it for
another wireless card.  It would be nice as well to
have a link to a compact list of all the compatible
wireless chipsets for loading into your PDA.

Yes ornico wireless cards are really nice, but again,
hard to find the right chipset.

--- Justin Dugger <jldugger at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have a DLink DWL-510.  Its drivers are not 
> in the kernel, but rather as a seperate install 
> similar to how nvidia works, but with more 
> features exposed in Open Source liscenced code. 
> These drivers are provided by Ubuntu in the
> linux-restricted-modules-'uname -r' package
> and have worked painlessly for me during 
> install. I'm not sure which CD you're talking 
> about that has an executable file on it, but 
> driver CDs rarely have any useful programs on 
> them, linux-wise.
> 
> I've had a well versed network tech for a 
> local uni suggest that orinocco cards are 
> fantastic. I can't remember what he said 
> about cisco cards.  But definately make sure 
> when you pick out something that you see the 
> device listed by the drivers you intend to 
> use.
> 
> Justin Dugger
> - Hide quoted text -
> 
> On 2/12/06, Chuck <chuck at mutualaid.org> 
> wrote:
> > Hi everyone. I'm new to this list.
> >
> > I have a rather basic question that is 
> > Kansas City specific. I've set up a box 
> > which is running Ubuntu Linux. I'd like 
> > to connect it to our home wireless 
> > network. We have two Windoze machines
> > connected using LinkSys equipment to 
> > Internet being served up by Time Warner.
> >
> > Does anybody have suggestions about 
> > which wireless card will work with my 
> > Linux box? Also, does one run the 
> > executable file on the CD or does one 
> > have to copy files directly?
> >
> > I found the networking app on the 
> > Ubuntu menu and it looks like I can 
> > configure the network (network name, 
> > WEP) once I get a device installed.


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