Alexandru Cardaniuc([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > Hi All! > > I am thinking about assembling a new debian amd64 computer. With > recommendations on amd64 list I settled on a Core 2 Duo processor with > one of Asus P5B flavour motherboards. > > The new box will be on the second floor and it needs to be connected to > the network on the first floor. Cables won't work. So, I need to use > wireless for that. Therefore I was thinking about ASUS P5B > Deluxe/WiFi-AP. Is wireless on this board going to work with debian > amd64 ? I tried googling but didn't find any information on that matter. > With google I found out, though, that the WiFi-AP on that board is based > on some Realtek RTL chipset, and to make it work I will probably need > ndiswrapper. Does anybody here have this board and uses the wireless on > it with Debian amd64 ? Does it work ? Does it work solely with > ndiswrapper ? Are there, then, 64bit drivers for it ? Or does it work > with linux without ndiswrapper ? Since I won't be able to connect to the > network with cables through ethernet, I want to be very sure that > wireless on that board will work well on debian amd64 ?
I do not use ndiswrapper. I prefer to find a card that uses Linux drivers that are _known_ to work. see below. > The other option is to go with ASUS P5B Deluxe that doesn't include the > WiFi-AP and buy an additional PCI or USB WiFi card. After reading some > recommendations on this list it seems that Ralink based WiFi is going to > work fine. Googling I found out about Ralink RT2501 PCI and Ralink > RT2501U USB that are said to be linux supported. Are there any > recommendations with what to go: USB or PCI ? Since I am going to use it > only on this new computer, I think I should settle for the PCI version. > > Are these Ralink WiFi cards well supported under linux? Is the support > built into the stock debian linux kernel, or I will have to compile a > custom kernel to make the WiFi work ? > > Are there any other WiFi cards I should consider that may work better > under linux ? You really have not done your homework. This list has a lot of the WIFI answers you are asking. Check the archives. Be aware that when someone says such & such a card works, you should check which version he is using. See the link below for examples of that. I have 2 Ralink WiFi dongles, neither of which fully work here. I also have 2 pcmcia and 2 pci cards that use the Atheros chipset (Netgear and Dlink) which work very well. A Netgear WG511U pcmcia card is running as an Access point, in an old Thinkpad 770, in the house serving up the net to laptops and desktops. The drivers for the Atheros cards are Debian packages (Madwifi). See <http://madwifi.org> and look for the Compatibility page. There are a large number of cards that are compatible. Again Watch the Version Numbers! I get about a 20-25% increase in signal on the pci cards, due to the external antenna, over the pcmcia cards in the laptops. WT -- Warning, keyboard not found. Press Enter to continue. _______________________________________________________ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
