[GLLUG] Desktop wireless PCI recommendations?

[Caleb Cushing]

I think that most pcmcia netgear cards have an atheros chipset. which uses
madwifi. but I don't know if this applies to pci as well.

On 5/10/06, Charles Ulrich <charles at idealso.com> wrote:
>
> Benjamin Cathey wrote:
> >   I need to get a wireless PCI card for a desktop that will be running
> > debian.  I thought I'd post to see what experiences people have had
> > before I buy.  I have personnally always tried to stick to linksys when
> > I can as I like the interface on the routers.  Also I have been able to
> > get the PCMCIA cards to work pretty well in Deb Sarge.
> >
> > I read the the netgear WPN311NA works pretty well too.  I am currently
> > look at the WPN311NA or the Linksys WMP54GS.  We will be purchasing
> > through an online company that we have a corporate acct. through and I
> > would like to get something that works (don't want to have to return by
> > mail.)
> >
> > Any stories, suggestions?
>
> I'm also in the market for a wifi PCI card, but haven't yet found one
> with native Linux drivers. I was able to find several references saying
> that the Linksys card works only with ndiswrapper. (No native drivers.)
> I couldn't find any information at all on the Netgear card. The reason
> I'm so set on native drivers because driver support via ndiswrapper is
> often a tricky situation. Sometimes you can't get encryption or 802.11g
> speeds with it, and if something doesn't work, there's not much that you
> can do to even troubleshoot it since the drivers are closed windows
> binaries. It would be awesome if there was a PCI card that used the open
> source madwifi drivers.
>
> Let me know how this pans out. If you find a card that has native Linux
> drivers or if you're able to get ndiswrapper working, maybe I'll yet
> consider going that route if it looks like WPA2 will work with it.
>
> --
> Charles Ulrich
> Ideal Solution, LLC -- http://www.idealso.com
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