Re: 802.11g PCI wireless adaptor

[Jochen Schulz <usenet-nospam@well-adjusted.de>]

* Jason Rennie:
>
> I have a wireless network at home and I'm thinking about setting up a
> Debian server with a wireless network adaptor, i.e. no wired
> connectivity.  The Absolute Value Systems hardware list gives plenty
> of PCI b-class cards that are compatible with Debian/Linux, but no
> g-class cards:
>
>   http://www.linux-wlan.org/docs/wlan_adapters.html.gz
>
> Is this an oversight, or do all g-class PCI cards use proprietary
> drivers?

I have an SMC 2802W which is handled by prism54. But I don't use it very
often and cannot give much information about reliability. prism54 is
generally quite good. This card may be hard to get today. Maybe you
should search on ebay or get it 2nd hand from somewhere else.

J.
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