Re: [gNewSense-users] Recommendation: Open Source friendly wireless network cards.

[marcus]

Chris Andrew wrote:
> I'm about to change ISP's, and will receive a wireless router with the
> package.  Wi-Fi security issues aside, can anyone recommend a PCI
> (oldish PC) wi-fi network card, that has a chipset that is friendly
> towards open-source.
>   
I wanted an open-source pcmcia wifi card which would be plug and play. 
The Atheros drivers are in the kernel. So I searched Ebay for atheros 
and found a card. It was a cheap no-name brand, but works great and is 
very fast.

I installed knetworkmanager (into kubuntu at the time), which I think is 
in gNS-kde, and it just worked -- with WPA2 as well :-)


Another idea is to use a USB stick you can move around PCs. The rt73 
chipset works. That's in the Edimax somebody else mentioned. There you 
have a manufacturer who supports open source.

Marcus