cheap 802.11g card that has a real LINUX driver

[Jamon Camisso]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "D. Hugh Redelmeier" <hugh-pmF8o41NoarQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org>
To: <tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org>
Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 2:04 AM
Subject: [TLUG]: cheap 802.11g card that has a real LINUX driver


> Most 802.11g CardBus cards cannot be natively supported by LINUX
> because their specs are not released without an NDA.  A really
> annoying state of affairs.
>
> Still, a good price for a somewhat scarce commodity that is useful for
> LINUX folks.
> 
> http://www.factorydirect.ca/catalog/product_spec.php?pcode=NE0511
> 
> I bought one today.  It seems to work with Fedora Core 3.  One trick:
> there is binary-only firmware that you have to scrounge from the net.
> I know: "what's the difference between binary-only firmware and a
> binary-only driver" -- not much.
> 
> Here's the home of the driver.  It is in 2.6 apparently.
> http://prism54.org/
>From there you can find a source for the firmware and instructions for
> installing it.

Is it safe to assume that because the card works on your system that the 
card model is not v2 or v3? According to the wiki those revisions are not 
supported: (http://prism54.org/phpwiki?pagename=Supported%20Cards)

Is the wiki off or is the driver a little more robust -- or is the card 
indeed a v1?

As a side note, with a little tweaking the dlink dwl-650+ can be 
configured with minimal problems for use. The only problem with that card 
is that it is only 802.11b. The driver at http://acx100.sourceforge.net
even has a download binary-firmware function built in.

Thoughts?
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