[Gllug] Wifi that works with Ubuntu

[Richard Jones]

On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 05:25:47PM +0100, Kendall, Peter (LRDG) wrote:
> I've just loaded Ubuntu Dapper Drake onto an Advent laptop and am trying to
> find a Wifi card that will work.
> 
> Are there known chipsets that I can quote to buy a card that Ubuntu will
> recognise?  
> 
> I've done lots of Googling but the mists of uncertainty still swirl.

A general rule of thumb is that 802.11B (11 Mbps) cards will work more
reliably than 54 Mbps cards.

For the specifics, there's no better place than going to the source:

http://lxr.linux.no/source/drivers/net/wireless/

... or here:

http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/

Rich.

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