802.11g PCI card that works well with debian?
I'm ready to go wireless and I've been reading various articles, but it seems that no 802.11g PCI card that "just works" with linux. They all seem to have beta linux drivers, and I find lots of articles saying things like "you have the 035423.2 revision of the Foo card. You need 035423.1". I'm running Debian unstable, with a 2.6.7 kernel, and I would like to lose as little hair as possible setting this thing up. Can anyone recommend a (relatively) trouble-free card? Or better yet, one that officially supports linux? I'd like to give my money to the good guys, if there are any.
Also, I can't find any definitive information about how well wireless works through walls. One article said that two nodes have to be withing line of sight for the connection to work. Would wifi work from the top floor of a house to the basement?
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