As a follow-up to my previous posting, the Linksys WMP600N as I said even worked from a fresh Live CD, no NDISWrapper needed. Yes, I know Linksys fails to provide support for their wireless cards in Linux, but it still worked (possibly a generic driver or chipset driver) in Ubuntu (9.04+) and Mint (7+).

Can't say, is it still available?

Reviewed as of 08 March 2015...

I bought the WMP600N card on the basis of support for its rt2860 chip by the rt2800pci driver module in the latest kernels.

The card was found and activated as I began to install openSUSE 13.2 and I could see my router signal and install openSUSE with a wireless connection.

Most current linux distributions should enable the WMP600N at boot. The card functions well in both 802.11g and n.

However, despite a very strong router signal, with the original antennas mounted on the card at the back of my PC tower, performance suffered from the low gain of the two 2dBi antennas.

I brought a Trendnet TEW-A1770B antenna set with two 7dBi antennas and a cable connection, moved the antennas to a better position, and that made a great improvement in performance.

This card can be somewhat expensive purchased new, but seems to be one of the better choices for an 802.11n pci card thanks to the good support for the rt2860 chip by the rt2800pci driver. The card has been in production for a while and has been popular, so you might find one used at a better price than new.

With a strong signal from an Asus RT-N16 router I can get up to the 300 Mb/s that is the maximum transmission speed for 802.11n using 2.4GHz. If you have a 5GHz router, this card might also be a good choice with the right antennas.