1 Jan
2006
1 Jan
'06
9:36 p.m.
On Sun, 2006-01-01 at 17:06 -0800, Noah Roberts wrote:
On 1/1/06, Lee Revell <rlrevell(a)joe-job.com>
wrote:
Yes it's harder if you start from a selection of hardware and then ask
"OK what here works?". It's much easier to start with a Google search
for what wireless cards work OOTB and then shop accordingly.
Besides I don't agree that it's difficult to figure out given a device
whether it works with Linux, Google should be able to tell you this (as
long as you avoid bleeding edge just-came-out-last-week devices which is
a good idea anyway).
Lee
Check drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig in your kernel
source for some
examples of devices that should Just Work.
One major problem, and this is pretty universal for any hardware type,
is that you don't know what you are getting until you plug it in and
ask it what chipset it uses. It isn't on the box...rarely do you find
it on a website.