Compatible USB wireless

[James Knott]

John McGregor wrote:
> I'm about to install Mepis 8 on my Acer Aspire 5003WMI laptop. The live
> CD runs fine but the Broadcom 4318 card isn't recognized (no surprise)
> due to Acer's wmi cruft. I fully expect to use ndiswrapper and the
> newest WinXP driver, but in the event that this proves problematic (the
> original Win driver I obtained was limited to WEP), could the people on
> the list recommend a usb wireless device that works well with linux?
> FWIW, Mepis 8 is based on Debian (lenny).

Is it possible to replace the wireless NIC?  If so, one from Intel may 
prove suitable.

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