On Sat, Aug 20, 2005 at 12:06:23PM -0700, Emmanuele Salvati wrote: > hi all, > > i guess there has already been discussion about it, but i need a good > wireless card
Yes: <http://groups-beta.google.com/groups?as_q=wireless+cards&num=50&scoring=r&hl=en&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_ugroup=linux.debian.ports.powerpc&as_usubject=&as_uauthors=&lr=&as_drrb=q&as_qdr=&as_mind=1&as_minm=1&as_miny=1981&as_maxd=21&as_maxm=8&as_maxy=2005> > (by good i mean fast) that runs well with debian sarge kernel > 2.6.11, on an ibook g4. > can you suggest some known to work well? Well? I don't know ... : I can only tell a bit about 2 cards: Orinoco/Hermes I (I had to unscrew a Powerbook G4 to install the card; I don't know whether this is an option on your machine) works here with WEP only, IINM, and without issues, IIRC: If you're prepared to risk the safety of your system: Use it enthusiastically ... For WEP encryption is no encryption, but an invitation to break into your system: A WEP key can be cracked in about 3 - 10 minutes: http://www.tomsnetworking.com/Sections-print-article111.php http://world.std.com/~reinhold/airport.html Same probably is true currently for the rt2500 driver (serialmonkey.com) if you use it on Debian ppc: It currently works here (PowerBook G4) only with WEP, but Mark Wallis on <http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=215> is trying to find out, why it does not work with TKIP on Powerpc .. TKIP is much stronger than WEP, but still no high-grade security as AES encryption, IINM .. AES: An excerpt from <http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/tutorials/article.php/1377171>: "AES offers much stronger encryption. In fact, the U.S. Commerce Department's National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST) organization chose AES to replace the aging Data Encryption Standard (DES). AES is now a Federal Information Processing Standard, FIPS Publication 197, that defines a cryptographic algorithm for use by U.S. Government organizations to protect sensitive, unclassified information. The Secretary of Commerce approved the adoption of AES as an official Government standard in May 2002." And patching an, e.g., 2.6.12 kernel with orinoco-2.6.12-rfmon-dragorn-1.diff (http://www.kismetwireless.net/download.shtml) might be an option to get more wireless options for orinoco. Stay tuned for possible TKIP results for rt2500/Powerpc from serialmonkey.com in the near future ... Oh yes: http://ralink.rapla.net/ The page above might tell which cards/vendors actually use RT2500. > > thanks a lot, Welcome ... :) > Regards Wolfgang -- Wolfgang Pfeiffer http://profiles.yahoo.com/wolfgangpfeiffer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
