[ILUG] Best WIFI card for linux? Wiki for Hardware Support?

[Conor Wynne]

On 18 Jan 2008, at 09:27, Rob Gallagher wrote:

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> On 17/01/2008, Conor Wynne  wrote:
>> I am sure this has been answered before, but in case something new  
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>> been released since the last advice.
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> Yep, I posted a similar question a number of months back ;)
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Which is exactly why I think we should have a wiki on linux.ie for

"Certified by Ilug" -- links to cards

>> What is 100% OSS and 100% sure to work with full encryption with  
>> linux?
>>
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> I ended up going with the Netgear WG311T (PCI):
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> http://www.netgear.com/Products/Adapters/SuperGWirelessAdapters/WG311T.aspx
> http://madwifi.org/wiki/Compatibility/Netgear#WG311T
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> As the link above says, Madwifi support is good and encryption works
> out of the box. There was no trouble getting it working with Ubuntu
> (gutsy), after enabling the restricted modules*
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>
> rg
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> *Note: While it seems the madwifi drivers are open source, they do
> have a dependency on a proprietary hardware abstraction layer - hence
> the restricted modules classification.


Not OSS then? Sounds like it uses ndiswrapper?
I don't use ubuntu that often, so forgive me if its wrong.

Wiki anybody?


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