On 11/05/2010 04:26 AM, Josh Lehan wrote: > On 11/03/2010 02:24 AM, Pavel Machek wrote: >> Hi! >> >> Is there an USB wifi card that can still be bought in reasonable >> ammount (like 1000 pieces) and is well supported by Linux? >> >> So far I tried carl9170 (as seen by previous mails) and >> rt2x00usb. carl9170 is not really usable; rt2x00usb works a bit >> better, but also fails after some time: > > I would like to know as well. This would be for ARM, though, not > PowerPC. It's tough finding reliable USB Wi-Fi adapters that work under > Linux these days. It seems the development focus has shifted to > PCI-based chipsets, unfortunately. > > I've had mixed success with the VIA VT6656. These drivers are only at > "staging" quality within the mainline kernel, though. There are > separate drivers that can be downloaded directly from the vendor, though. > > Anybody else have a good suggestion? The Realtek RTL8712 (aka RTL8192U) and found in the D-Link DWA 130, has a driver in 2.6.37 (r8712u). Although not based on mac80211, thus found in staging, the driver is extremely stable - my connection never drops out. With an 802.11n router, I get transmission throughput of up to 70 Mb/s. The D-Link site has these available for about $55, although I bought mine new on E-bay for a lot less than that. Realtek has recently supplied me with a mac80211-based driver for the RTL8192CE, which has the same wireless chip with a PCIe interface. As soon as I receive my sample cards, that driver will be submitted to wireless testing, and it will be the template for conversion of r8712u. As a result, the current staging driver should be converted into mainline within the next few months. Larry -- 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
