[TriLUG] 802.11g WiFi Card recomendations

[Cristobal Palmer]

I'll give madwifi another (tepid) recommendation... the range with the
two madwifi cards I've tried (one notebook, one desktop) has been
rather wimpy when working with an 802.11b access point. No major
complaints when working with a g access point, but I haven't tried
VoIP or other heaviness on either of the wireless machines.

Still, I was able to get madwifi up with relatively little fuss under
Debian and Ubuntu, and I certainly haven't seen anything like the
ugliness you're describing.

-CMP

On 1/8/06, Kevin Sonney <kevin at sonney.com> wrote:
> So it appears my WG511T card is unhappy. Unhappy enough to kernel trap
> and cause disruptions across the entire WiFi [1] network in my house
> (yeah, that's unhappy). [2]
>
> So now I'm in the market for a new 802.11G[3] PCMCIA (Or USB - I'm
> open to using USB for this) adapter. What is the rest of the LUG
> having success with?
>
> Footnotes :
> [1] Yes, I know, Mr. Neuse, you've had bad luck with WiFi. Please
> don't re-iterate.
> [2] Yes, I tried $DRIVER, $PACKAGE, and $CONFIG to get it working.
> It's $INTERCOURSED, and I have to spend money.
> [3] Yes, I know, OSS purists, 802.11G mostly bad since there are no
> fully OSS compliant/certified drivers and the companies in question
> aren't playing ball and hate Linux.
>
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Cristobal M. Palmer
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