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 [...]
> >
> > Make sure your laptop is, in fact PCMCIA (PC Card)
[...]
> >
> > Current price is under $30USD.
> >
[...]
> >
> > Dennisk
>
> Thank you for that kind reply.
> That [internet] price seems pretty reasonable [...]
> Also, if it is
[...]a hardware manufacturer that[...]
> then, "great!"
> There were several issues with the Broadcom card: [...]
> Questions:
> [...]
> Clarifications:
> [...]
> 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 [...]
[...]
The ASUS card works with gNewSense which is based on Ubuntu 6.06 so it should work for you. [...]
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
Thank you.
I think that answers my questions.