Joshua Bryan wrote:
> Eric "Shubes" wrote:
>
>>
>> IOW, the question is: what chipset does your wireless card contain?
>>
>> HTH
>
>
> Right O... I have not bought the card yet so I can get whatever I need
> and that is nice... Does anyone know how linux works with usb wireless
> adaptors such as the linksys WUSB11 ? I have a linksys router and
> therefore would like to stick with the same vendor for all the wireless
> hardware. Thanks guys for all the incite... The other issue is hardware
> makers such as linksys will use different chip sets in the exact same
> card... How is one suppose to tell before hand what chip set it uses?
That's the problem - no way to tell for sure. Some people have tried
using the FCC ID with limited success.
There are a few tables out on the net that list this info, but they are
somewhat out of date.
I've put together a web page of linux related links at
http://wmachines.shubes.net/plugmarks.html
Look under Hardware->Wireless. There are severals link that'll get you
started, such as the Wireless LAN Resources for Linux page.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> ~wd0mkr
> ---------------------------------------------------
Good luck, and let us know how you make out.
--
-Eric 'shubes'
"There is no such thing as the People;
it is a collectivist myth.
There are only individual citizens
with individual wills
and individual purposes."
-William E. Simon (1927-2000),
Secretary of the Treasury (1974-1977)
"A Time For Truth" (1978), pg. 237
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