[olug] Good Desktop Wireless for Ubuntu

[Adam Lassek]

Phil is absolutely right; you can't tell what chipset a card has based only
on the model number. There's usually a rev number or something that you need
to look for.

On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 11:01 PM, Phil Brutsche <phil at brutsche.us> wrote:

> I'll second the Atheros recommendation. The hard part is finding a card
> that consistently uses the Atheros chipset.
>
> It is absolutely pathetic that most wireless card vendors change
> chipsets with phases of the moon... and they don't even bother changing
> the model # of the card when they do it!!!
>
> You have to pay a premium to get away from that crap. A 3com 3CRDAG675B
> is a little on the expensive side ($80 where most other cards are $40 or
> less) but they work really, really well and ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS use the
> Atheros chipset.
>
> The best place to find compatible cards is:
> http://madwifi-project.org/wiki/Compatibility
>
> Adam Lassek wrote:
> > be sure to double-check that they are still using the same chipset.
>
> --
>
> Phil Brutsche
> phil at brutsche.us
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