[Preston] wireless network card: 802.11g with Linux support

[Stephen]

Ndiswrapper = no kismet or aircrack I couldn’t live with it. 

-----Original Message-----
From: preston-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk
[mailto:preston-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of ian bullard
Sent: 07 November 2005 20:34
To: Preston and Lancashire Linux User Group
Subject: Re: [Preston] wireless network card: 802.11g with Linux support

Too late, i spent the last month trying to get my belkin f5d7001 to work. it

does now thanks to ndiswrapper and the wiki walkthrough. 

On Monday 07 November 2005 07:04, Stephen wrote:
> I find the best 802.g kit uses the atheros chip set which is supported by
> the madwifi drivers.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: preston-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk
> [mailto:preston-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Krishna Rao
> Sent: 07 November 2005 00:20
> To: 'Preston and Lancashire Linux User Group'
> Subject: RE: [Preston] wireless network card: 802.11g with Linux support
>
> Hi,
> By the way I bought a Sweex 54g card based on RALink for around 15£.
> Works quite well.
> Krishna
>
> P.S.  I was badly let down by a Sitecom 11b card. Since then I have
> stopped using any Sitecom products.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: preston-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk
> [mailto:preston-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Guy Heatley
> Sent: 06 November 2005 22:07
> To: PLUG mailing list
> Subject: [Preston] wireless network card: 802.11g with Linux support
>
> (Thanks to Mike Bach for tipping me off about this one.)
>
> If anyone wants to buy a wireless card with a 802.11g rating (54MBps)
> supported under Linux, get yourself down to "Staples" (formerly
> "Office world") on Corporation St in Preston.
>
> They are selling the Belkin F5D7010 (version 3.000uk) which actually
> uses the Ralink 2500 chipset. Ralink have GPL'ed their drivers for
> this chipset so the device works perfectly under Linux. These are
> PCMCIA, but I think there are PCI versions with the same chipset from
> Belkin.
>
> I know they work because I have just got one -  and it works a treat!
>
> They are 20 quid BTW.
>
> I have always found buying wireless hardware for Linux a pain because
> manufacturers seem to change the chipsets whilst keeping the same
> model number. Subsequently the new chipset would be unsupported on
> Linux.
>
> Commonly the only thing that gives the chipset away is the version
> number, of the device, but this often isn't quoted e.g. in catalogs
> etc.
>
> Cheers!
> --
> Guy
>
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