Supported PCI Wireless card

[Reuben D. Budiardja]

Hello,
Does anyone know where I can find a list of supported PCI wireless card for FC 
4 ? I am looking to buy a cheapo PCI Wireless card for an old desktop, but I 
want to have something that will work out of the box with FC 4 (ie. I don't 
really want to deal with ndiswrapper, etc).

Thanks.
RDB

[taharka]

Reuben D. Budiardja wrote:
> Hello,
> Does anyone know where I can find a list of supported PCI wireless card for FC 
> 4 ? I am looking to buy a cheapo PCI Wireless card for an old desktop, but I 
> want to have something that will work out of the box with FC 4 (ie. I don't 
> really want to deal with ndiswrapper, etc).
>
> Thanks.
> RDB

Have a read here: 
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-docs-list/2005-June/msg00035.html

taharka

Lexington, Kentucky U.S.A.

[Reuben D. Budiardja]

On Thursday 28 July 2005 15:22, taharka wrote:
> Reuben D. Budiardja wrote:
> > Hello,
> > Does anyone know where I can find a list of supported PCI wireless card
> > for FC 4 ? I am looking to buy a cheapo PCI Wireless card for an old
> > desktop, but I want to have something that will work out of the box with
> > FC 4 (ie. I don't really want to deal with ndiswrapper, etc).
> >
> > Thanks.
> > RDB
>
> Have a read here:
> https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-docs-list/2005-June/msg00035.html

Well, I am not exactly looking for a complete HCL. Something more general 
would do, like the "orinoco chipset works great", "never buy xxx ", etc. Or 
even anything anecdotal from others.

RDB

[Colin Brace]

Reuben D. Budiardja wrote:
> Well, I am not exactly looking for a complete HCL. Something more general 
> would do, like the "orinoco chipset works great", "never buy xxx ", etc. Or 
> even anything anecdotal from others.

Well, I for one can recommend a card based on the Prism chipset, such as 
the Zyxel ZyAIR G-100. which I am using at the moment. It is easy to set 
up and works well.

[taharka]

Reuben D. Budiardja wrote:
> On Thursday 28 July 2005 15:22, taharka wrote:
> > Reuben D. Budiardja wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > > Does anyone know where I can find a list of supported PCI wireless card
> > > for FC 4 ? I am looking to buy a cheapo PCI Wireless card for an old
> > > desktop, but I want to have something that will work out of the box with
> > > FC 4 (ie. I don't really want to deal with ndiswrapper, etc).
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > > RDB
> >
> > Have a read here:
> > https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-docs-list/2005-June/msg00035.html
>
> Well, I am not exactly looking for a complete HCL. Something more general 
> would do, like the "orinoco chipset works great", "never buy xxx ", etc. Or 
> even anything anecdotal from others.
>
> RDB

Ah, but wouldn't a complete HCL come in handy though? Especially one 
like FreeBSD's. Saves one from having to go on an extended turd hunt ;-)

taharka

Lexington, Kentucky U.S.A.

[Jay Moore]

On Thu, 2005-07-28 at 12:58 -0400, Reuben D. Budiardja wrote:
> Hello,
> Does anyone know where I can find a list of supported PCI wireless card for FC 
> 4 ? I am looking to buy a cheapo PCI Wireless card for an old desktop, but I 
> want to have something that will work out of the box with FC 4 (ie. I don't 
> really want to deal with ndiswrapper, etc).

Buy the "Orinoco Classic Gold" card. You should be able to find numerous
vendors that sell it very reasonably at www.pricegrabber.com

http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=851990/search=orinoc...

Jay

[Richard Lister]

On 10/2/05, Jay Moore  wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-07-28 at 12:58 -0400, Reuben D. Budiardja wrote:
> > Hello,
> > Does anyone know where I can find a list of supported PCI wireless card for FC
> > 4 ? I am looking to buy a cheapo PCI Wireless card for an old desktop, but I
> > want to have something that will work out of the box with FC 4 (ie. I don't
> > really want to deal with ndiswrapper, etc).

I highly recommend a card based on the Ralink RT2500, because:

- Ralink GPLed their code
 - this means no messing with wrappers and binaries
 - let's support manufacturers who do this
 - you can get Ralink-based cards nice and cheap

I'm using this card with FC4, works great:

Foxconn WLL-3350
http://www.foxconnchannel.com/productsDownload_wireless.cfm?pWireless=WLL-33...

Cost <$20 at newegg:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16833194001

Drivers from here:
http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/

Cheers
Ric

[Craig McLean]

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Richard Lister wrote:
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> I highly recommend a card based on the Ralink RT2500, because:
> Ralink GPLed their code

[snip]
> let's support manufacturers who do this

[snip]

I couldn't agree more. Ralink-based cards are cheap, supported and have
open-source drivers. Go buy one...

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