I am looking to choose a USB wireless network interface that works well under Linux. Research along these lines has been difficult, as most people don't choose a wireless interface with Linux support in mind. Hardware compatability lists do not indicate whether a device barely works and was in opposition to the vendor's desires, or is with a full and complete driver. I only purchase from hardware vendors that do not oppose use of their hardware under Linux. Requirements: 1) USB. 2) External antenna connector. (something either standard or widely available, antenna interfaces that you can not buy a cable or antenna for are useless) 3) Complete open-source drivers that exist due to the vendor being cooperative, or at least not deliberately uncooperative. Drivers that are hopelessly buggy, missing critical functionality, do not have source, or do not work with my choice of recent kernel, are not OK. 4) 802.11a/b/g support, of course. Draft 802.11n support would be nice. 5) Must work as an access point, as a wireless NIC, and with tools like Kismet. Of course, if it has a reasonable interface to the hardware and good driver support, this will be guaranteed. I appreciate any advice. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
