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Fackamato

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Registered: 2006-03-31

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Which is the best ExpressCard wireless network card for Linux?

I'm currently using the built-in (I guess it's Mini-PCI) Broadcom wlan card in my Dell laptop. It works, but I can't connect any external antenna, and it uses ndiswrapper. So, as the title says, which is the best (54mbps at least) card? A card that is known to be stable and have good signal reception. An external antenna would also very nice...

Last edited by Fackamato (2008-06-20 11:44:05)

zenlord

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Registered: 2006-05-24

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Re: Which is the best ExpressCard wireless network card for Linux?

I read in the general linuxforums (and also here) that Atheros-chipsets are very well supported.

So I bought me a D-Link DWA-645 with an Atheros AR5416-chipset (802.11n). But: the new Atheros-chipsets are not yet supported by the new ath5k-driver, so I'm still stuck with the ndiswrapper-driver until further notice. The new driver should be good, so I'm hoping this chipset will be supported soon...

Zl.

Fackamato

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Registered: 2006-03-31

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Re: Which is the best ExpressCard wireless network card for Linux?

I went and bought a Netgear WG511GE... I think it's supported.

edit: Haha. I'm really stupid. Haven't been updated on laptops, and as such, PCMCIA is not supported by my laptop. It's replaced by ExpressCard. Card won't fit. Argh...

Okay, so what's the  best ExpressCard wlan nic for linux then?

Last edited by Fackamato (2008-06-20 11:43:54)

zenlord

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Registered: 2006-05-24

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Re: Which is the best ExpressCard wireless network card for Linux?

LOL - THX to the people in my store of choice, I learnt the same lesson just last week, but still in time

Zl.