Re: Debian and wireless network cards
On Thu, 21 Jul 2005, Leonid Grinberg wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I was asked by a friend to install Debian on his system. He asked me
> about which wireless network cards Debian supports. Can anybody tell
> me which ones (I personally don't use a wireless network so I wouldn't
> know).
all wireless cards will work if you're willing to sacrifice features
- linux can use the ndiswrapper and use the windoze driver
from the cdrom that came with the nic
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if you want to build a wireless AP or wpa ..
- you will need either the hostap driver or madwifi driver
and see which cards it supports
- be careful of old models and new models with the same part
number but differs in which wifi chip is used on the pci/pcmcia
cards
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if you want wep, you can use most any other linux supported wifi cards
- if you're using wep as your security mechanism,
than consider your machine pre-hacked and keep all your
bank info elsewhere
- run everything with ssh/ssl if you're paranoid
ssh, pop3s, imaps, https, ..
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easier way:
a. see what is on sale and search for the linux drivers
b. see what your buddy is using and use that wifi card
more wifi fun
Linux-Wireless.org
c ya
alvin
-- for those that are looking to do a mediaum range 5-10 miles wifi,
i've got two 24db wifi antenna that we'll be testing
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