PCI wireless NICs

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Neil Joseph Schelly" <neil at jenandneil.com>
To: <gnhlug-discuss at mail.gnhlug.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 8:38 PM
Subject: Re: PCI wireless NICs


> On Thursday 04 August 2005 01:57 pm, Randy Edwards wrote:
>>    The last time I checked, the G version of the wireless "standard" did
>> not have any GNU/Linux support.
> There's some, but it's disappointing how little.  I recently was in the 
> market
> for a wireless PCMCIA card for a new laptop to add to my home network.  I
> bought a D-Link DWL-G630.  I had to buy a revision C device to be sure the
> Atheros drivers would work.  That said, the Atheros drivers worked right 
> off
> since I knew what I was looking for.
>
> I think I found the MadWifi pages very helpful.  Look for a big list of 
> all
> the cards and chipsets and they will very specifically identify what cards
> and revisions will and won't work.
>
> Good luck to you.
> -N
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One thing you might consider - buy a wireless bridge rather than a PCI 
client. The bridge devices typically have web interfaces but appear to the 
Linux system as an ethernet source. The bridge takes care of the 
authentication and allows the built-in NIC in the computer to obtain an IP 
address from the access/router's DHCP server.  Bridges cost slightly more 
than than PCI clients but radically simplify the configuration.

-Alex