[ale] 802.11g for linux?

BruceG griffisb at bellsouth.net
Tue May 11 23:16:18 EDT 2004


On Tuesday 11 May 2004 18:44, John Wells wrote:
> BruceG said:
> > Dang, and I went for the 802.11A +B +G card with the Atheros chipset and
>
> madwifi drivers. Shoulda waited and went for prism54. (btw, not using
> the card, yanked it and went wired. Thinking about using it in a
> different machine for my kids)
>
> Hmm...that's the only card I could find at Best Buy that indicated support
> (I had a gift card there).  Bought the D-Link DWL-G520, which supposedly
> works with the madwifi drivers.  Are you stating that there's a problem
> with madwifi, or that you just opt not to go wireless currently?

No - I'm not stating that there's a problem with madwifi, I'm just stating 
that I'd prefer to just buy something that works out of the box (the prism54 
support in 2.6 looks like a GOOD thing!). I had madwifi working, but decided 
to just use my ethernet card. 



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