Lee,
Thanks for the feedback!!! I think I also saw this card at Best Buy.
I'll give it a try and report back to the mailing list.
Mike
Lee Parmeter wrote:
> Michael:
>
> I can recommend the Netgear WG511. This one has a prism
> chipset; ndiswrapper is NOT required! Outpost.com sells the
> WG511 so you can probably find it at Fry's as well for
> around $45.
>
> Note: I do not recommend the WG511T which is a different
> chipset!.
>
> --- Michael <addymin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>Greetings:
>>
>>I'm just installed Centos-4 on an IBM T-21 laptop. So
>>far so good. Now
>>I'd like to pop in a wireless lan adapter. I'm looking
>>at a buying a
>>Linksys WPC54G adapter (although I haven't done so yet).
>>
>>After doing some searching, it looks like the best way to
>>get this card
>>working is via ndiswrapper
>>[http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net] and then
>>to use Windoze drivers.
>>
>>So I downloaded ndiswrapper and during the install, I
>>received a warning
>>message referring to "4K Stacks" and that NOT disabling
>>4k stacks can
>>cause some drivers to crash. The docs went on to suggest
>>I recompile the
>>kernel to disable CONFIG_4KSTACKS.
>>
>>Question: For really like to stick to the stock CentOS-4
>>kernel and not
>>create/use a custom one. Has anyone had a problem using
>>the Linksys
>>WPC54G Cardbus adapter + Centos-4 and NOT had to use a
>>custom kernel?
>>
>>For that matter, since I haven't purchased the card yet,
>>can I get a
>>recommendation or two about a workable wlan cardbus (g)
>>adapter that
>>could most likely be found at Best Buy/CompUSA/Fry's ?
>>I'd like to be
>>able to easily return the card if things don't work...
>>
>>I did some searching a decent card and it seems that a
>>number of good
>>wlan chipsets are discontinued or hard to find, so I'm
>>slightly confused
>>as to what to get.
>>
>>Thank you.
>>Michael Chinn
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>
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