Re: Controller pci card overall compatibility

From: David Lloyd Geering (dreamlax_at_phreaker.net)
Date: 07/20/05

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    Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 22:24:05 +1200

    J.O. Aho wrote:
    > John Comma Smith wrote:
    >
    > I would say that you don't have to worry that much, te be on the safe
    > side, look for the bigger brands.
    >
    >
    > //Aho

    It's not the big brands you have to look out for, it's the big chipset
    manufacturers. For example, when setting up a wireless network with
    ndiswrapper, I bought two cheap wireless NICs because I knew they had
    the RTL8180 chipset, and I knew people mostly always had success with
    this chipset. All I needed was the driver from the RealTek website to
    get going.

    Many brands of PCI IEEE1394 adapters probably use a VIA chipset.

    If in doubt, just go to www.linuxquestions.org and have a look at their
    small HCL, and see which devices have a higher success rate.

    Dave.

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