[SWLUG] wireless card

[Steve Hill]

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On Sat, 19 Mar 2005, Dick Bain wrote:

> I have been given a Sitecom card by my son, his new laptop has wireless built 
> in, but neither mepis nor ubuntu pick it up!
> Is there any wireless card that anyone would reccomend?

The cards supported by the Prism54 driver work well with no fuss (just 
stick the firmware in the right place and it Just Works under recent 2.6 
kernels).  Unfortunately they're getting harder to find - the 
manufacturers are switching to the new "SoftMAC" chipsets and usually 
aren't bothering to change the card name, PCI IDs or FCC IDs making it a 
bit hit and miss. :(


  - Steve       Jabber: steve at nexusuk.org     Web: http://www.nexusuk.org/

      Servatis a periculum, servatis a maleficum - Whisper, Evanescence

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