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List:       suse-linux-uk-schools
Subject:    Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] 54G PCI Wireless NIC
From:       Steve Palmer <lumpyhed () yahoo ! com>
Date:       2004-02-11 12:14:06
Message-ID: 20040211121406.66888.qmail () web14205 ! mail ! yahoo ! com
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I attempted to use the ndiswrapper, but had
difficulties with Kernel versions. the paid-for one
has been most fruitful for me however.

 --- Tony Whitmore
<tonywhitmore@users.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Paul
Cooper wrote:
> > The only native linux driver for G chipsets I know
> of is for the
> > aetheros chipset see,
> > 
> > http://sourceforge.net/projects/madwifi
> > 
> > But I couldn't tell you which cards they're in.
> Other than that I think
> > the NDIS wrapper at www.linuxant.com works with
> some G cards (I'm using
> > it for a Centrino b card) - it costs $20. There is
> also a GPL NDIS
> > wrapper at http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/
> which I haven't had a
> > play with yet (it's quite new, and came out after
> I'd bought the
> > linuxant wrapper).
> 
> I use the Ndiswrapper with my IBM R40 Centrino
> laptop. It's worth 
> bearing in mind that although the project is GPLed,
> it still uses the 
> Windows .sys and .inf driver files to communicate,
> so your system will 
> not be entirely "Free". There's a reasonably active
> mailing list too.
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Tony
> 
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