From: "Mike Schwartz" <mike.l.schwartz@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: might buy a new wifi card for laptop PC (pcmcia)
Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 19:03:41 -0700

> On 5/30/07, Dennis Kibbe <dennisk@fastmail.fm> wrote:
> >
> > Order this card from Newegg
> >
> > ASUS WL-107G IEEE802.11g Wireless Cardbus Adapter
> >
> > It will work out of the box with an Ubuntu distro and with Fedora/Red
> > Hat/Centos witha simple driver install.
> >
> > Make sure your laptop is, in fact PCMCIA (PC Card) and the newer, smaller
> > express card format.
> >
> > Current price is under $30USD.
> >
> > Or if your lappy has an e-ztoget to miniPCI slot you can replace the
> > current (Broadcom?) card with an Intel 2200 from eBay for about the same
> > price.
> >
> > Did you try the broadcom-firmware-cutter application already?  You can
> > install it with Synaptic.
> >
> > Dennisk
> >
>
> Thank you for that kind reply.
> That [internet] price seems pretty reasonable - - (e.g., cheaper than
> say,  the local neighborhood store I went to ("Ultimate Electronics")).
> Also, if it is supporting a hardware manufacturer that releases enough
> specs (or, 'FOSS' code) such that the firmware and drivers do not
> have to play in to the hands of the proprietary 'warez "proprietors",
> then, "great!"
>     There were several issues with the Broadcom card: [...]
> it is sometimes very iffy connecting to a WAP.  (Essid).  Once
> it establishes a connection, it seems to work fine, [...]
> Questions:
> Do you "happen" to know whether this card, available from NewEgg,
>   would be any different in regard to the above?
>   [issues of "transmit power", reliability of being able to connect
>    to a nearby WAP (e.g. in a library, airport, or roadside park)]?
> Also, would I need to upgrade to an Ubuntu release
>   "more recent" than 6.06, in order to use this card?
> Clarifications:
>   [...{snip (questions about) confusing typo}...]
>   [...]
> Any advice (past & future) appreciated,
> --
> Mike Schwartz
> [...]

Ralink Technology (www.ralinktech.com) does support Linux and even says so on the _front_ of the box [rather than] just small print on the side.

I haven't used mine with anything but public access points so I can't comment on WEP, WPA performance.  But public access isn't usually encrypted.

The ASUS card works with gNewSense which is based on Ubuntu 6.06 so it should work for you.  With Red Hat RHEL5 I needed to install a driver, but that was straight forward.

Your T22 will work with the ASUS card.  Linux Hardware says it supports [Gnu/Linux] 100% ( http://www.linuxhardware.org/article.pl?sid=01/09/04/0135236)

(Sorry for the typos)

Dennisk