[Wylug-help] recommendations on combatible wifi pci card

[Alex Smith]

Nicely, my belkin uses a chipset which happens to have OSS drivers! Yay! :) (FD5001UK)

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-----Original Message-----
>From: "Dave Roberts"<dave.roberts at unisonfree.net>
>Sent: 17/01/06 20:30:57
>To: "gARetH baBB"<hick.wylug at gink.org>
>Cc: "wylug-help at wylug.org.uk"<wylug-help at wylug.org.uk>
>Subject: Re: [Wylug-help] recommendations on combatible wifi pci card
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>I was speaking with experience of having made the mistake of buying a 
>Belkin which happened not to be supported by native drivers. Did get it 
>working via ndiswrapper but still think that a company which has a 
>deliberate policy of not providing Linux drivers is probably best avoided.
>
>Dave
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>gARetH baBB wrote:
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>>On Mon, 16 Jan 2006, Dave Roberts wrote:
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>>>I know it isn't the question that you asked but - Don't touch Belkin - they
>>>provide no Linux support.
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>>Like any badge who doesn't make anything themselves, they provide devices 
>>which use a wide variety of chipsets - include a number supported by 
>>native Linux drivers.
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