Re: wireless card

[Scott Lair <plair@mailzone.com>]

On Thursday 02 March 2006 05:55 pm, Derek Broughton wrote:
> Mark Wasmer wrote:
> > On Wed, 1 Mar 2006 12:28:52 -0800
> >
> > Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca> wrote:
> >> On Wednesday 01 March 2006 09:23, Mark Wasmer wrote:
> >> > You should buy a card supporting 802.11b and 802.11g with one of
> >> > these chipsets: 1. Ralink rt2500
> >> > 2. PRISM/Intersil/Conexant "Frisbee"
> >> > 3. Realtek
> >> > IMHO in this order.
> >>
> >> Any specific cards you know of that are plug-and-play out of the box?

I installed Sarge last week with an SMC 2532W-B card.  Recognized it during
the initial setup.  Just used cd one to boot and installed the rest from the
internet.  

I switched to a Dlink DWL-G650 after that.  Just installed the madwifi package 
and it was up and running.

> > There are none AFAIK - thes best is to go with the Ralink-cards. The
> > rt2500-driver is well tested, available via APT an does not use
> > proprietary firmware (such as intel, atheros...).
>
> Intel does not use proprietary firmware.
> --
> derek