2009/4/10 Kelly Clowers <[email protected]>:
> On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 23:14, steef <[email protected]> wrote:
>> please can somebody tell me which is the best lenny_compatible wireles
>> ethernet card nowadays?

> On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 01:14, Paul Richards <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I can recommend that you don't get a Ralink RT2561.  I have one, and
>> while it works fine it needs binary drivers[1]. :(  Unfortunately I
>> didn't realise this at the time I bought.
>>
>>
>> 1: http://wiki.debian.org/rt61pci
>
> I don't see anything about binary drivers there, just the usual firmware
> issues. Lots of devices need loadable firmware that is not Free. It is
> a very hard issue that the community is really just beginning to tackle -
> some don't even think it is an issue that needs to be worried about!
>

Yes sorry, my mistake.  It's the firmware that is not Free.



-- 
Paul Richards


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