Re: Software and kernel modules for Linksys WPC54G / WPC54GS

[Freddie Cash <fcash-ml@sd73.bc.ca>]

On November 25, 2005 06:48 am, Nico Gulden wrote:
> Rumble, Lee Craig schrieb:
> > No ndiswrapper is a pain in the ass to put it bluntly. Its just a
> > wrapper and it does work with some...but its highly picky and kernel
> > configurations will need to be adjusted etc...each to there own but
> > id personally like to buy a card that was as easy as 123.

> Ok, if ndiswrapper is pain for Linksys WPC54GS what WLAN pcmcia card
> would you recommend? I need one that provides a pleasant connection to
> a WLAN router and is rather simple to setup and that works good with a
> vanilla linux kernel. Any suggestions?

Find a NIC that uses the Atheros chipset.  Any NIC that has 108Mbps listed 
on the box will be an Atheros chipset.  Or you can check the support site 
for documentation on the NIC to see if it uses the Atheros chipset.

Then add:
##### Atheros Drivers #####
deb ftp://debian.marlow.dk/ sid madwifi
deb-src ftp://debian.marlow.dk/ sid madwifi

to your apt sources.list.  That will allow you to download/install the 
madwifi-tools and madwifi source packages.

Then pop over to debian.marlow.dk for detailed instructions for building a 
madwifi kernel module package for installation.
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