[plug] Linux supported USB WiFi

[Ian Kent]

The place to start looking for info on Linux wireless is 
http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux

There are 4 chipsets in use (look in the 802.11g section).

For me finding out which chipset is used in a product was quite difficult.

As far as I can tell USB support is not yet done for any of the three 
chipset drivers under development. 

Yes that's right 3. Broadcom is won't give out specs so there is no 
development.

You may also consider ndiswrapper or LinuxAnt Driverloader (pay for 
product). They allow you to use your WinXP dirver under linux. It seems to 
work quite well.

However, although I can get my DWL-G122 (PrismGT usb) working with 
ndiswrapper I can't get it work on boot.

Hope this helps.

Ian

On Thu, 9 Dec 2004, Chris Griffin wrote:

> A quick question, does anyone know of a Linux supported USB WiFi adapter?
> 
> Have a good Thursday folks.
> 
> Chris G
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