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Need hardware help - WirelesLAN NIC

  • 28-08-2005 2:19pm
    #1
    eoinm1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 627 ✭✭✭


    Hi Lads

    I'm looking for some help in finding a cheap wireless network card.
    I've done a bit of research and this seems to be a bit of a minefield.
    If any of you know of PCI card that is a reasonable cost could you let me know please.

    Running CentOS 4.1

    Thanks,
    Eóin


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


    yea I got burnt buying the SMC 2804 card,
    I looked it up on prisim forums and they said it was supportedd.
    After getting it, I found out it was a version 3 edition of the chipset, wihch isnt supported.
    Best way to do it is to look for a supported card, then troubleshoot the forums to see if people are being stung by dodgy chipsets.

    Prism54.org


  • #3
    tomk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,067 ✭✭✭tomk


    I'd go for an Atheros-based card and the madwifi driver - check the hardware list on the wiki here . I use the D-Link DWL-G520 myself with Debian Sarge, and it's rock-solid.

    You'll probably have to get the source code from CVS and compile it yourself, unless CentOS has a package available.


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