[ale] wireless cards

[griffisb at bellsouth.net]

> 
> From: "synco gibraldter" <synco at xodarap.net>
> Date: 2003/09/26 Fri PM 03:28:45 EDT
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
> Subject: Re: [ale] wireless cards
> 
> On 26 Sep 2003 at 15:30, jb at devsea.com wrote:
> 
> > Geoffrey,
> > 
> > I've got the WPC11 working at home with the drivers from
> > http://www.linux-wlan.com/linux-wlan/
> 
> yep, me too.  but i remember selecting the driver for a different card in the kernel 
> config, as the wpc11 wasn't mentioned by name.  that was a while ago, so the new 
> drivers might have specific support, but any of the generic prism2 ones should work i 
> think.
The prism2 and Orinoco drivers work for WPC11 2.5, 3.0 and pre 2.5. They do not work with Version 2.6. 2.6 uses the Broadcom chipset. I ran into the same problem about a month or so ago. Interestingly enough, 2.6 is what is on the shelfs at Best Buy, Circuit City, Radio Shack, ...