Wireless Under Linux (RH)

[spoon805]

Besides the Orinoco cards, what other cards are compatible with Linux. I've been using a 3Com card under XP for sometime, but I doubt I'll get that card to work under Linux. (just fyi... I'm making "the switch" on my laptop to Linux... but wireless is a must.)

 

[Nothinman]

You need to find out which chipset it uses. I've used a Linksys that uses the PrismII chipset just fine in Linux, it's actually more reliable in Linux than Windows.

 

[spoon805]

Does anyone know what chipset a netgear card uses? I might be able to execute a trade with a friend.

 

[TonyRic]

Check out this site:

Link

 

[spoon805]

Originally posted by: Nothinman
You need to find out which chipset it uses. I've used a Linksys that uses the PrismII chipset just fine in Linux, it's actually more reliable in Linux than Windows.

How did you discover the chipset? Online docs?

 

[spoon805]

Originally posted by: TonyRic
Check out this site:

Link

Great resource, I think I found what i needed. Thanks!

 

[manly]

Originally posted by: Nothinman
You need to find out which chipset it uses. I've used a Linksys that uses the PrismII chipset just fine in Linux, it's actually more reliable in Linux than Windows.

Do you get good range and performance from this card?

When I compared the Prism2 based D-Link DWL-650 vs. the Orinoco, the Orinoco had three times the throughput. The distance to the AP is rather short, but there is obstruction and a USB client would be more ideal than the PCMCIA client sitting inside a PCI card. Unfortunately, not too many USB clients work with Linux AFAIK.

I do not use any external antenna on the client.

The 3Com card is probably another Prism2 based card, as that is the most popular OEM chipset by far.

 

[spoon805]

Originally posted by: manly

Originally posted by: Nothinman
You need to find out which chipset it uses. I've used a Linksys that uses the PrismII chipset just fine in Linux, it's actually more reliable in Linux than Windows.

Do you get good range and performance from this card?

When I compared the Prism2 based D-Link DWL-650 vs. the Orinoco, the Orinoco had three times the throughput. The distance to the AP is rather short, but there is obstruction and a USB client would be more ideal than the PCMCIA client sitting inside a PCI card. Unfortunately, not too many USB clients work with Linux AFAIK.

I do not use any external antenna on the client.

The 3Com card is probably another Prism2 based card, as that is the most popular OEM chipset by far.

From that link, I found out it was a "Atmel" chipset.

 

[Nothinman]

Do you get good range and performance from this card?

Honestly I can't really judge because the area I use it in is known for interference, the person who owns the AP can't even get any radio stations inside his house heh. Performance is ok, but uses a lot of CPU time, but that could just be shitty Windows drivers.