Oct. 1, 2010, 3:24 p.m.
posted by whitehat
Wireless Linux-Compatible NICsNot all wireless NICs work with Linux. For this reason, do your homework. You can find hardware compatibility lists for Wireless Tools quite easily on popular search engines. For Linux-WLAN, check www.linux-wlan.org for the latest list of compatible hardware. Wireless NIC manufacturers are notorious for changing the chip sets on their cards depending on the price of the components. They then supply different drivers with each new card to make them work. It is possible to buy cards with the same model number from the same vendor with very different circuitry. Frequently Linux drivers for the new cards are unavailable. Always check the compatibility lists before buying your wireless hardware. The Linksys WMP11 wireless card is a good example of this confusion. The original version of the card used the Intersil Prisim chip set, which worked with Linux, but the newer version 2.7 (Broadcom chip set) and version 4 (InProComm chip set) do not. Even so, the original WMP won't work without upgrading the firmware.  |
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