Re: [SLE] Bombproof linux wireless PCI cards

On Fri, 2005-12-30 at 07:22 -0800, bernd wrote:
> Is there such an animal as bombproof wireless pci cards for linux that
> I can pull out of the box, shove in the machine, setup in yast or a
> simple setup with command-line and have it work?

I have three cards that work in SUSE, with varying degrees of difficulty
in setting up. I'll start with the most "difficult"

3. Broadcom BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] builtin on my notebook. Need
ndiswrapper and the windows driver, but works fairly well from there on.

2. Netgear WG511T PCMCIA card (Atheros chipset). Stick it in, let YaST
do it's thing. It needs the firmware, but I think it is included in
SUSE (or you get it via YOU - can't remember). In other distros I have
to download the firmware and chuck it in /lib/firmware. Anyway, this is
the best wireless card I've worked with. Strong signal, very good
performance.

1. a PCI card based on Intersil Corporation Intersil ISL3890 chipset.
Again you need the firmware, but the driver (prism54) is in the kernel.
Stick it in, let YaST do it's thing.

I would go for the Atheros card tho - it performs better. Netgear make
some very good cards.

Hans


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