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From: Ali Polatel <polatel@nerdshack.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Which wireless cardbus?
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 08:08:02 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070219060802.GA12834@mars.solar> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200702182319.05821.michaelkintzios@gmail.com>

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* Mick (michaelkintzios@gmail.com) wrote:
> This must be one of the more often repeated Qs on many forums.  I am trying to 
> find out which WiFi cardbus to buy for my laptop.  I didn't have much joy 
> with a Belkin and would like to get a card which has a chipset that is 
> supported well in Linux.
> 
> Which chipsets have the more mature drivers?  Is there a list somewhere which 
> is kept up to date - a lot of what I found in Google is of historical 
> importance only.

 Atheros is the best supported chipset -- through madwifi-ng drivers -- afaik,
I have a D-Link card with an atheros chipset and I never had any problems.
 Here is a nice site with a list of supported cards:
 http://linux-wless.passys.nl/
 dunno if it's uptodate though

> Your insight on this would be much appreciated.  :)



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  reply	other threads:[~2007-02-19  6:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-02-18 23:19 [gentoo-user] Which wireless cardbus? Mick
2007-02-19  6:08 ` Ali Polatel [this message]
2007-02-19 11:43 ` Stroller
2007-02-19 23:15   ` Mick
2007-02-20 14:21     ` Stroller
2007-02-21 14:43       ` Nelson, David (ED, PAR&D)

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