[sclug] Re: sclug Digest, Vol 36, Issue 19

[Andy Hayward]

On 9/26/06, n.a.haughton at bigfoot.com <haughtonomous at googlemail.com> wrote:
> I still find myself up a gum tree with regard to the wireless card. Can
> anyone recommend a wireless card that will co-operate with a Netgear
> wireless router using 801.11b/g, AND work with a Linux distro, preferably
> Suse 10.1 or SimplyMepis/Ubuntu/debian or even Mandriva? Preferably one that
> is supported out of the box by a particular disto? Being forced to work with
> WinXP at home is not a pleasurable experience, I find, so I'd like to get
> off this  particular wagon as soon as I can.

Edimax EW-7128G 54Mbps Wireless PCI Card

(http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=152539)

Realtek RT2500 chipset, linux drivers are available (though I'm not
sure which distributions support this card out of the box).

-- ach