A gotcha on a lot of the wireless cards on the compatability list is
that it's usually version 1 of the card that works. The other real PITA
is that the outside will have no mention of a version number and next
thing you know you open a box to find MA411v4 on the card. That's the
difference between a nice compatable prism2 chipset and some windows
only crap.<br>
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I use the following cards in laptops--<br>
Linksys WPC55AG -- atheros chipset; uses madwifi driver<br>
Netgear MA401 -- prism2 chipset; uses orinoco or host_ap driver<br>
D-Link DCF-650W w/ compact flash pcmcia adapter -- prism2 chipset; uses orinoco or host_ap driver.<br>
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I use the Linksys in my main laptop. The other 2 go in laptops with
Auditor Security Toolkit installed for sniffing/WEP cracking and
as such, I use the more versatile host_ap driver.<br>
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If you're not sure of a card's chipset, pop it in a laptop with either
the latest Knoppix or the Auditor kit and see what drivers it installs.<br>
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Good Luck <br>
--Dennis<br>
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<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/5/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Richard Hubbard</b> <<a href="mailto:hubbardr@adelphia.net">hubbardr@adelphia.net</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I am going mad. I am looking for an 802.11 cardbus/pcmcia card for my<br>laptop. My dlink almost works, but with the release of fedora core 4,<br>it seems that redhat moved all the sources to different locations, and<br>
the drivers no longer want to compile.<br><br>I have coding to do for in my Operating Systems class that I really<br>don't want to be bothered with this crap.<br><br>Does anyone know of an 802.11 card that meets any or all of the
<br>following requirements:<br>1. Just _WORKS_ in FC4 without any other fuss<br>2. Drivers install with a VENDOR SUPPLIED RPM so that it will just work.<br>3. Drivers work with an OS Community supplied RPM so that it just works.
<br><br>The issue with FC4 is that I am teaching a class which is based on RH<br>linux, and it is easier to demonstrate similar utilities with Fedora.<br><br>If necessary, I'll bail and go back to FC3 which worked. But if anyone
<br>can help, I would be most grateful.<br><br>Bob, didn't you have an 802.11 card that just works?<br><br>Thanks!<br></blockquote></div><br>