[plug] Linux supported USB WiFi

[Ian Kent]

On Thu, 9 Dec 2004, Quintin Lette wrote:

> I find ndiswrapper works quite well, including on boot. I have had it
> working on FC3 and Suse 9.2 pro on a Linksys card. With Suse I had a
> bit of a problem with default gateway, but it was easy enough to get
> either working, and I just added a command to set default gateway to
> /etc/init.d/boot.local I think.

Yes. It works quite well with PCI type cards.

I was refering to the SoftMAC USB type card that I have.

> 
> Cheers
> Quintin 
> 
> 
> On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 15:59:45 +0800 (WST), Ian Kent <raven at themaw.net> wrote:
> > 
> > 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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