Actually, Ralink ( http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/ ) and Intel ( http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/ ) are just as friendly. Atheros ( http://madwifi.sourceforge.net/ ) was also friendly enough, though they still hide some details inside a binary object (not kernel version dependant and precompiled for lots of architectures). The worst offenders are probably Texas Instruments (ACX100 and ACX111 chipsets) and Broadcom (not sure they produce any PCI cards), which flat-out ignore any info requests.
So far, I've had: - an TI ACX11-based DLink DWL-G520+ PCI card: tried with http://acx100.sf.net/ with little success, exchanged at the store for... - a Ralink RT2500-based Edimax EW-7128G PCI card (even cheaper!), which I've tried with Ralink's GPLd driver a year ago and shortly stopped using after I found out it causes my x86-64 machine to freeze once in a while. Indeed, chipsets can change without notice (or with just a small revision change), so you'd better physically observe the card before you buy. Alternatively, I think it's reasonable to ask the store to guarantee a certain chipset even if you're purchasing for a strictly Wintel use. I'd probably go for an Atheros-based card cause they're reported very stable (and their binary-only object was already reverse engineered by OpenBSD so it could be ported to Linux if freedom becomes an issue). I think DLink DWL-G650 cards should be Atheros-based. On ב', 2005-10-10 at 10:48 +0200, Matan Ziv-Av wrote: > On Sun, 9 Oct 2005, Eran Tromer wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Can anyone point me to a nice cheap 802.11g wireless adapter, either PCI > > or USB, that has good [1] Linux drivers and is available in Israel? > > > > I went over the first three dozen results for wireless adapters on Zap, > > and as far as I can tell, not one matches. > > I suggest USB cards based on zydas zd1211. You can find it in edimax > EW7317UG. > > The driver is still not part of the kernel, so you will need to compile > it. The driver is at http://zd1211.sf.net > > Zydas is the kind of company that is hard to find in this area: > They release GPL linux drivers, and they help the independent developers > that take over their driver with documentation, and with needed firmware. > ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
