Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 11:14:23 -0800
From: Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@redhat.com>
To: Alistair John Strachan <s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk>
Cc: <takis.issaris@uhasselt.be>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: WLAN drivers
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On Fri, 3 Feb 2006 12:35:30 +0000, Alistair John Strachan <s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk> wrote:

> > And now the reason I'm sending this to this mailing list: Which wireless
> > network cards are you all using and which ones would you recommend? Is
> > anyone using USB wireless network cards (without using ndiswrapper)?
> 
> In my experience, you're simply best going to either http://prism54.org/ (if 
> you can find one still)

You can't get a fullmac card anymore, but softmac is still available
 http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.aspx?EDC=543916
It's a gen1, too.

> Keywords for _modern_ Linux supported wireless chipsets are still (to my 
> knowledge) atheros, atmel, prism54, and most recently broadcom, though that 
> support is currently immature.

Intel is the king, dude. Get a 2200. Uses in-tree drivers, too.

-- Pete
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