Wireless adaptor

[Michael Coburn]

WPC11 v4 ussd the Realtek 8180 chipset.  Apparently you can build these
drivers using the files available from realtek's site, but I could never
get them to compile properly on a debian unstable system. :(

You _may_ have success with this card if you also look to the
ndiswrapper package (v4 is noted to work)
http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/ .  You will probably need to
recompile your kernel, but it's worth it.

I'm using v 0.8 of ndiswrapper with a DWL-650 card, which works
flawlessly even at high transfer rates.  However cool apps like kismet
or airsnort are known not to function when you use ndiswrapper.  Also it
does not report an accurate link quality -- it always shows 100%.
--
michael

On Sun, 2004-08-29 at 18:41, Tim Writer wrote:
> Aaron Vegh <aaronvegh-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> writes:
> 
> > Hi Patrick,
> > That's a good card, based on teh intersil chipset, and it's
> > well-supported by Linux. Chances are it will work natively without any
> > drivers necessary. At least it would on my Fedora 2 system.
> > 
> > Best of luck!
> > Aaron.
> > 
> > On Sun, 29 Aug 2004 14:49:39 -0400, Patrick Bloomfield
> > <patrick.bloomfield-rieW9WUcm8FFJ04o6PK0Fg at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > > Dear Aaron:
> > > Thanks very much. Just the help I needed. I have done a fair bit of
> > > Internet research and am currently looking at a Linksys WPC11-802.11b
> > > Wireless PC Card available from Tiger Direct. Any members had any
> > > experience with this one? Any comments much appreciated.
> > > Patrick.
> 
> Be careful, Linksys has recently changed the chipset.  WPC11 through v3 used
> the well supported Prism 2/2.5/3 chipset.  WPC11 v4 (the current card and
> very likely what you will get from Tiger Direct) uses a completely different
> and unsupported chipset (from Broadcomm, IIRC).  You can still find some v3s
> on store shelves if you look carefully.
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