Linux compatible wireless card for laptop?

HydrasunGQ · 06-16-2004, 05:19 PM

I have a eMachines M6805 laptop and I've tried almost everything in the book to get it to work with no luck. I've decided to just go out and buy a new wireless card that will be compatible with linux. Can anyone recommend a good wireless card. I would prefer a dual band a/b/g card since at home I have a 802.11a network and at work we use a 802.11g network. Thanks in advance.

flyfishin · 06-16-2004, 09:20 PM

See the hardware compatibility list at this site. I personall use a DLink DWL-AG650 and my boss uses the AG660 with no problems at all.

crazibri · 06-19-2004, 04:59 PM

Instead of spending $60-75 for a new card, have you tried Linuxant driver software? I used it for my HP laptop and works perfect with WPA encryption.

HydrasunGQ · 06-19-2004, 05:16 PM

I've tried it and it does work. But it makes fedora run really slow to the point that it's almost unusable.

ixe · 08-29-2004, 05:48 PM

Would someone be willing to give me some hints on how to get my D-Link DWL-AG660 wireless 32-bit PC Card working with linux? I guess I just don't know what driver to use. Is it stock with the main kernel source tree or do I need patches? I'm running a custom 2.6.8.1 linux kernel on a Manrake 10 AMD64 edition HP zv5000z laptop. Thanks for any help!