wireless cards

hvywght · 05-04-2008, 08:48 PM

I have an IBM A22m thinkpad running mandriva linux 2008. I was just wondering what would be the best wireless card to buy. To have it actually run and be detected with linux

and actual supported drivers. I ask this because I have a belkin card with absolutely no success. Thank you and any advise is greatly appreciated.

Pikidalto · 05-05-2008, 03:56 AM

I have known nothing outside of Broadcom chipsets... unfortunately you'll either need to install the firmware (I'm not sure if Mandriva has any kind of fwcutter for bcm43xx-based cards or where to put it in Mandriva) or use ndiswrapper for them, so they don't usually work out-of-box (which I presume is what you're looking for). But they're good if you're willing to set them up.

H_TeXMeX_H · 05-05-2008, 04:35 AM

Get atheros or prism based cards. Most certainly NOT broadcom, these are by far the most difficult cards out there to set up and use, just search the forums a bit. Pikidalto must be unlucky to have such a card.

For more cards and their support see here:
http://linux-wless.passys.nl/

Also, remember that it's the chipset that matters, not the brand name.

Pikidalto · 05-06-2008, 09:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by H_TeXMeX_H

...Pikidalto must be unlucky to have such a card...

I actually like my Broadcom chipset and found it quite easy to setup. All I did was ndiswrapper the driver, and voila, it worked. I also had someone teach me how to fwcut the firmware (which was simple once I learned how). It's just a matter of knowing how to use ndiswrapper or fwcutter (and where to put the firmware if you use fwcutter).

ehawk · 05-06-2008, 11:29 AM

Here are the instructions for using Broadcom wireless adapters:

http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Releases...orted_hardware

http://polishlinux.org/linux/mandriv...tbest-release/

Reanimator · 05-06-2008, 11:34 AM

cisco cards work pretty easily.