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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
