On 2/4/06, Keith Owens <kaos@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Panagiotis Issaris (on Fri, 03 Feb 2006 13:24:31 +0100) wrote: > >I'm trying to decide which wireless card to purchase, and I find it > >quite difficult to know which cards are support "out-of-the-box" with > >recent Linux kernels. I've found various lists of WLAN cards on > >websites, on which people report success stories, but I still think > >it's rather confusing. http://www.seattlewireless.net/HardwareComparison This provides you with a list of cards + their chipsets + the availability of open source drivers, maybe would be of use to you . My doubts ... -> By the way, which all cards (chipsets) support the master (access point) mode ? I have heard that cards based upon the Prism 2/2.5/3 chipsets are like this. But these cards are not readily available here. -> What is meant by SoftMAC ? Thanks -- Vineeth.B.S - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
