Micha Feigin wrote:
On Tue, 09 Jan 2007 17:11:41 -0600
John C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
celejar wrote:
On 1/9/07, John C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi folks,
I'm in the process of changing my home network from wired to
wireless and am trying to find a card for a desktop that will
work effortlessly with etch/sid.
Preferably one whose drivers are already available as part of
debian.
So far I've not done well and purchased one that did not work. It
turned out to have a Marvel Technology chip that is unusable
(education can be expensive).
What I'm looking for is a wireless adapter that will work with a
802.11g 54Mbps router. I'd prefer an internal PCI card, but an
external USB would also be fine.
Any and all suggestions would be welcome before I go shopping again.
Thanks.
John
1) This [0] is an unbeatable resource.
2) Madwifi [1] is terrific code, albeit unfree (it's in Debian
non-free). Cards that claim support for 108 Mbps probably use Atheros
chips that are supported by Madwifi, since 108 is a proprietary
Atheros extension to the 802.11g standard (you don't have to enable
108 [Turbo], of course]. I believe something similar holds for 125
Mbps and Broadcom chipsets.
Celejar
[0] http://linux-wless.passys.nl/
[1] madwifi.org
Thanks everyone for the responses.
It doesn't look like anything wireless works right out-of-the-box
with Linux - at least not yet. But the link above looks like a
good resource.
I use a msi, pci ralink based card. It works fine. There is a free driver, not
in the kernel, experimental, but works for me in ad-hoc mode, didn't try master
mode. There is a debian package for the serialmonkey driver
http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com aptitude search ~dralink
I have a usb card based on ralink (from level 1) but that either locks the
machine or doesn't work.
A safer approach is probably to get a wireless router so there is no software
problem, but you still need support for each of the wireless machines.
I think I'll go shopping now.
John
Well, just to continue the saga,
I've been shopping ....
I now own two wireless PCI adapters. Neither of which wants to
talk to my wireless router.
I bought a Zyxel ZyAIR G-302. Hey! It had a Penguin on the box
that made me feel all warm and fuzzy. How could I resist?
Unfortunately when I opened the box there was little support for
linux users. It does however have a RealTek RTL8185L chip which
is supposed to work using the serialmonkey driver mentioned
above. No luck so far. Any one have one working?
I would have preferred a ralink chip since they appear to be
better supported. But buying wireless adapters is like buying a
box of Cracker Jacks... You never know what the prize inside is
until you open the box.
After a few days of frustration, the closest I've come is with
ndiswrapper and the windows XP drivers that were on the
installation CD. Everything *appears* to be working, but I can
not get the card to talk to the router. I've tried DHCP, manual
settings and to eliminate a possible hareware problem I even went
so far as to boot a windows 2000 partition on the same computer
to see if it works with windows... it does. Gawd, that was painful.
My current plan of attack is:
1) Take the first card I bought (TRENDnet TEW-423PI) and smash it
with a sledgehammer... It does not deserve to live.
2) Drink a few gin and tonics.
3) Box all this wireless garbage up until I calm down.
4) Drink a few gin and tonics.
5) In two or three months, I'll try again.
Thanks all
John
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