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Advice wanted: Wireless PCI network card for Ubuntu

  • 10-11-2009 12:27am
    #1
    Leman_Russ
    Closed Accounts Posts: 680 ✭✭✭


    So, Simple really. Can anyone recomend to me a g/Draft n/n PCI Wireless card that will work with 64 bit Ubuntu? I currently have a Belkin with a Broadcom chip, but after spending a solid week pissing about with ndswrapper et al, I can't be bothered anymore.

    Just looking for a card I can plug in and use!


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  • #2
    BopNiblets
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,579 ✭✭✭BopNiblets


    Maybe this might help:
    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WirelessCardsSupported


  • #3
    niallb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,755 ✭✭✭niallb


    Leman_Russ wrote: »
    So, Simple really. Can anyone recomend to me a g/Draft n/n PCI Wireless card that will work with 64 bit Ubuntu?
    There's one of your problems - you're describing a far from simple setup.
    Anything with a binary component will most likely only work with a 32bit kernel.

    By any chance have you already bought a PCI wifi card or two? :-)
    Install one, and boot off an i386 karmic desktop livecd install image.
    That way you might find one already working with some changes to your system.

    Do you have a really good reason for needing a 64 bit ubuntu installation?
    If you have nothing specific, reinstall a 32 bit version and this issue as
    well as several others you'll come across as soon as you get your link up
    will become far simpler to deal with.

    It's tempting to install 64bit ubuntu just because you've a 64 bit processor,
    or you've heard 32 bit ubuntu won't handle all your memory, but unless
    you are running a specific application that requires it, you're
    almost certainly not seeing much benefit from it yet.
    That list bobniblets posted is the best starting point,
    but unless you have a 32 bit OS, not all of it will work for you.


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