Recommended wireless card (or is there a chance to get either iwi or ath fixed)?

Chris Rees utisoft at googlemail.com
Wed Feb 25 05:33:28 PST 2009


2009/2/25 Christian Walther <cptsalek at gmail.com>:
> 2009/2/24 SDH Support <admin at stardothosting.com>:
>>
>>> I tried using my ath based D-Link DWL G650, which still seems to have
>>> some issues in regard to interrupt handling:
>>
>>
>> I've been able to get /most/ wireless cards working with ndiswrapper.
>>
> This is just my personal opinion, and I tend to make scarce use of the
> word "hate" - but in this case: I really hate ndiswrapper.
> It might be suitable for some people, but I rather get some piece
> hardware that is properly supported. Bugs are bad luck, of course, as
> well as a kernel module author who stops working. But at least I don't
> have to rely on a windows driver.
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True, but ndiswrapper for me was an epiphany of the incredible things
free software can do.

I found it right back in Debian Woody, where my Ralink card wasn't
supported. I got sick of Linux and moved to BSD, where the ral driver
was instantly recognised and loaded.

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