Wireless Nic - recommendations

[ksukat]

Greetings,
I am planning on installing on some hardware to make some Kiosk type computers. I need to wirelessly network, so was looking for some known to work recommendations for wireless card.

thanks.

[bmr5770]

Re: Wireless Nic - recommendations

Belkin PCI Wireless-G Card Model F5D7000

I have those running in like 3 Kubuntu boxes with no issues.

Beemer

[kbunt]

Re: Wireless Nic - recommendations

Check this link out:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wi...32d21f6d539c53

Then check one of the U/Kubuntu forums and do a search for the card you're considering to see what the status is and whether anyone has trouble with it.

I came to the conclusion that there are three main chipsets (chip in the wireless card) to consider:
1) Atheros (only card though, not usb)
2) Ralink (rt73 is easier to use and not as problematic
3) Zydas zd1211b driver and zd1211 chipset

Although, it is rare, if you find a card with the Realtek r8187 chipset, there is a good chance that will work 'out of the box' as well.

If you consider the Belkin the previous poster recommended, note that there are various versions which have different chipsets:

http://linux-wless.passys.nl/query_p...andname=Belkin

[Monster_user]

Re: Wireless Nic - recommendations

I use a TEW-424UB, it uses the Sis163u chipset. Using NDiswrapper, it works great! A great value at $20 USD.

It doesn't work out of box, but you only need three things.

1. http://packages.ubuntu.com/gutsy/mis...pper-utils-1.9
2. http://packages.ubuntu.com/gutsy/mis...wrapper-common
3. The WinXP drivers.

[emodx]

Re: Wireless Nic - recommendations

Linksys WUSB54GC worked out of the box. I hate the fact that it uses up the only USB port on my old laptop. But... it worked right out of the box.
Emo