[wellylug] Linux friendly wireless pci cards

Donald Gordon don at dis.org.nz
Tue Dec 21 11:18:44 NZDT 2004


On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 10:31:37 +1300, Jonathan Wierenga <jonowierenga at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi there
> 
> I am attempting to build a mesh network, either using a MeshAP setup
> (www.locustworld.com), or mucking around with my own ad-hoc routing
> algorithms etc.  To do this I need to use a wireless card that can run
> in Ad-Hoc mode.  I really need a Prism2/2.5/3 chipset - at present I
> have been using an Atheros chipset but this has a buggy ad-hoc mode
> when using madwifi drivers, and is completely unstable using
> ndiswrapper ( i prefer to stay away from that anyway).  The problem is
> however, it seems the vast majority of cards are no longer made with a
> Prism2/2.5/3 chipset - so my question is, does anyone know if there
> are any available in New Zealand ANYWHERE?!

Prism2 cards are old and 11b only.  Look for Prism54 cards; they're
usually linux supported, and handle 802.11g.  The atheros based cards
are also supposed to work, but AFAIK you need a binary library from
atheros to make them work.

donald
who still has a few Prism2 cards hanging around




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