Looking for a wireless lan card for linux....

[mcveigh]

I want to use airsnort with it so it has to use the prism chipset.

here is a list of cards that use it I found.
* Addtron AWP-100
* Bromax Freeport
* Compaq WL100
* D-Link DWL-650
* GemTek (Taiwan) WL-211
* Linksys WPC11
* Samsung SWL2000-N
* SMC 2632W
* Z-Com XI300
* Zoom Telephonics ZoomAir 4100
* LeArtery Solutions SyncbyAir LN101

does anyone have any reccomendations?
BTW cheap is good also

 

[n0cmonkey]

blah blah blah, you realize this could be illegal (especially if you are in the US (thank you DMCA!)) right?

The SMC is supposed to work well with OpenBSD, and you can mofiy the antenna to get extra range.

 

[manly]

All Prism chipset devices are budget solutions, and since you're using an open-source driver, the brand on the label doesn't make much difference, if any.

Speaking from actual experience, the DWL-650 is vastly inferior to the Orinoco Gold client I'm currently using. I bought the former because it was cheap and came w/ a PCI adapter in the D-Link DWL-500 kit.

I'm still using the PCI adapter, now w/ the Orinoco Gold PC card.

 

[mcveigh]

thanks people!