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Recomend me a wireless card

  • 16-06-2006 7:23pm
    #1
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,620 ✭✭✭


    I'm looking for a good wireless card based on the Prism 2 chipset.

    Cheap and chearful is the name of the game with this one!


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  • #2
    philologos
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,479 ✭✭✭✭philologos


    for Linux? assuming so since it is in the Unix forum...
    I'd recommend a Sweex card since they use the ra2500 chipset and run ubuntu with it works from the box


  • #3
    zilog_jones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,638 ✭✭✭zilog_jones


    Dunno about Prism 2 stuff, but the Netgear WG311T (Atheros chipset) also works straight out the box in Ubuntu (MadWiFi drivers). Dunno if you'd class €80 as cheap though ^_^


  • #4
    philologos
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,479 ✭✭✭✭philologos


    I'm sure all NetGear cards use the same chipset so you could buy a reasonably cheap card from Netgear. Or else get a Sweex wireless card they are very cheap and they use the Ralink 2500 chipset so it will run out of the box.


  • #5
    NutJob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 884 ✭✭✭NutJob


    Personal choice is Atheros or Prism

    As there supported under the madwifi drivers

    I picked mine up on ebay


  • #6
    philologos
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,479 ✭✭✭✭philologos


    so are the Ralink 2500 cards


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  • #7
    nadir
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,419 ✭✭✭nadir


    zilog_jones wrote:
    Dunno about Prism 2 stuff, but the Netgear WG311T (Atheros chipset) also works straight out the box in Ubuntu (MadWiFi drivers). Dunno if you'd class €80 as cheap though ^_^

    yeah seconded MadWiFi is the way to go.


  • #8
    seanos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,459 ✭✭✭seanos


    Jakkass wrote:
    I'm sure all NetGear cards use the same chipset so you could buy a reasonably cheap card from Netgear. Or else get a Sweex wireless card they are very cheap and they use the Ralink 2500 chipset so it will run out of the box.

    No, they don't -- have to be very careful of this.
    Sometimes same models have different chipsets (diffferent revision numbers)

    I'd also recommend madwifi/atheros, good support in Linux(RH anyway (although must use external repo), and going from what others said Ubuntu, I also recall SuSE having the needed drivers)/BSD.

    For supported cards :
    http://madwifi.org/wiki/Compatibility#HardwareSupportedbyMadWifi


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