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Jay Loden <jloden at toughguy.net> wrote:

>Well, the specific reason for recommending that particular card and chipset 
>was that it's supported by almost every distro without having to buy a 
>driver, mess with a driver, or do anything else for that matter except 
>install Linux. 
>
>Yes, you can get almost any card to work, but having had the experience of 
>spending three days and hours of screwing around getting a D-Link card to 
>work, versus buying a couple cards for 20-30 bucks that worked by plugging 
>them in, I'll take that one any day :)
>
>As for purchasing one in a local store, there I cannot help because I'm 
>located several states away.
>-Jay
>
>On Friday 19 November 2004 04:35 pm, Holmquist, Thomas W. wrote:
>> Actually, it doesn't matter... Netgear, Linksys, D-Link, etc.
>> What you have to look for is if the card is based on a Prism chipset.
>> Prism chipsets and a handful of ?a few other chipsets are all that Linux
>> currently supports. Although I haven't been keeping up with wireless
>> support on Linux, I think pretty much any card will work now (some require
>> drivers that cost $$$ though)
>>
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