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Buffalo WLI2-PCI-G54S
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2 33916 12-23-2006
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50% of reviewers None indicated 3.0



Description: Wireless-G High Speed PCI Adapter
802.11b/g wireless adapter

http://www.buffalotech.com/products/...p;categoryid=7

Distro: FC5
Kernel: 2.6.17.9

Worked on bootup with no extra setup after compiling kernel support for the bcm43xx chipset.
Also good to know the linuxant wireless driver works well (dont try to use wireless monitor tools though) [http://www.linuxant.com/driverloader/] and actually supported 125Mb/s (Not tested, but thats what it said it was performing at ;) ). Great software and awsome support, all for a few bucks! Well worth it
Keywords: Buffalo 125* High Speed Wireless Adapter
/sbin/lspci output: Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 03)
Chipset: Broadcom 43xx
Connection Type: PCI


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Old 11-09-2006, 11:27 AM   #1
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Registered: Nov 2006
Posts: 0

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Would you recommend the product? no | Price you paid? (in USD): None indicated | Rating: 3

Kernel (uname -r): 2.6.17-10-generic
Distribution: Kubuntu 6.10



Was not recognized out of the box.
Spent almost 9 hours trying to configure this card using ndiswrapper. Finally the card could see the network but had issues connecting.
It eventually did work but was very slow. Under 1kb transfer rates up and down.
 
Old 12-23-2006, 02:34 PM   #2
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Registered: Dec 2002
Distribution: PCLinuxOS 2009.1, UNR 9.04
Posts: 53

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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): None indicated | Rating: 0

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Initial posting does not indicate where they obtained the source code which they compiled into their kernel (link?).

FWIW: Buffalo Technology, in UK, offers GPL source code; you must send them media, must include prepayment for service, etc.

http://uk.buffalotech.com/support/gplguidelines.php

FWIW: my WLI2-PCI-G54S card uses Broadcom chip BCM4306KFBG, I have not attempted any compiling, installing or configuring of it. HTH
 




  



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