Shadowchaser Posted May 11, 2007 Report Share Posted May 11, 2007 Well I was wondering what is a decent wireless PCI card that is compatible with Mandriva 2007. [moved from Networking by spinynorman] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iphitus Posted May 11, 2007 Report Share Posted May 11, 2007 These posts often don't go anywhere, the wireless cards out there change so often, it's hard to offer a solid reccomendation. Look at the cards available within your price range. Take a shortlist of five or so. Look them up one by one. Check the manufacturer's website, check the manuals on the site, and often by looking around you can find the chipset they use. Keep a close eye out for revisions and versions of the same card, as these can vary in chipset. The following chipsets (drivers) are reccomended: * atheros (madwifi) * intel anything (ipw*) * prism (prism54) * zd1211 (zd1211rw) * Ralink rt2500 NOT rt2570 (rt2500) * orinoco (orinoco_pci) Others that have drivers and work, but may be a hassle on some distros, or may be touch and go: * TI acx (acx100) * Atmel (atmel_pci) * bcm43xx (bcm43xx) And that's most of them off the top of my head. Some marketing terms that can indicate chipset, and thus a good card: Atheros: Super G: newer atheros cards that do 108mbit/s. Atheros are reccomended. Broadcom: 125 High Speed Mode, or Linksys SpeedBooster, features of newer broadcom chipsets. Avoid. given that information and a couple minutes of google work, and you ought to come up with a good card quickly. James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowchaser Posted May 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 (edited) Thanks Iphitus for the Info :) spinynorman sry for posting in wrong area. Edited May 12, 2007 by Shadowchaser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinynorman Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 spinynorman sry for posting in wrong area. Don't worry, it gives me something to do... :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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