I have a USB adapter now that needs Ndiswrapper to run properly (and even then its not too great), and I'm getting ready to buy a new one (PCI this time)

Which one (Maybe even just manufacturer) is best for no hassle linux support?

thanks a lot!
Kurt

Netgear cards in general seem to work good. Even the one I have use ndiswrapper for works fine. I have two different netgear cards that run reliably. So this is what I'm basing my opinion on. Netgear WPN511 worked out of the box without any driver configuration. So if you can atheros based 511 netgear cards I recommend those.

More important than the brand of the card is the chipset they use. Usually sales people don't have a clue what chipset their cards use. The old standby, of course is the Prism 54 chipset, but I think probably all Prism sets are pretty well supported. I've heard of another company that supports Linux from the bottom up as well, but I can't remember the name now. There is a website that would probably be pretty easy to google up that has a pretty complete list of supported chipsets as well.

Edit: It was pretty easy... http://linux-wless.passys.nl/query_a...mplete+listing

...and some associated commentary ... http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum...fm/466209.html

How about forgetting about wireless pci cards altogether. Get a Linksys WRT54G, flash it with dd-wrt and configure your router as a wireless bridge. Guarrunteed to work since Linux supports virtually every ethernet card known to mankind.

Tell that to my Broadcom wireless card. Please. The linux driver is more adventure than driver.

Huh?
is this still wireless?

Sounds needlessly expensive to me.

When I was looking for wireless cards I couldn't find any with the recommended chipsets, so I went for a bog standard Belkin card built on Broadcom. It works like a charm with ndiswrapper (although for some reason it crashes SuSE 9.1 Personal - go figure).

I suggest that if you can't find something with good, solid, native support, go for something with good, solid wrapped support - like the ubiquitous bcmwl5 (Broadcom).

Actually a wireless router can be frightfully close in price in comparison to some wireless cards. Especially If you have mulitple computers in the same room, but not near your access point. And yes it works wirelessly. unless you count the cord running the short distance between your router configured as a client.

Well I don't know how much the low-end wireless routers cost, but my card was about £23 - which is about $40 I think.

But no argument that the router method is likely to be much easier to configure.

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