Michael:
I can recommend the Netgear WG511. This one has a prism chipset; ndiswrapper is NOT required! Outpost.com sells the WG511 so you can probably find it at Fry's as well for around $45.
Note: I do not recommend the WG511T which is a different chipset!.
--- Michael addymin@pacbell.net wrote:
Greetings:
I'm just installed Centos-4 on an IBM T-21 laptop. So far so good. Now I'd like to pop in a wireless lan adapter. I'm looking at a buying a Linksys WPC54G adapter (although I haven't done so yet).
After doing some searching, it looks like the best way to get this card working is via ndiswrapper [http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net] and then to use Windoze drivers.
So I downloaded ndiswrapper and during the install, I received a warning message referring to "4K Stacks" and that NOT disabling 4k stacks can cause some drivers to crash. The docs went on to suggest I recompile the kernel to disable CONFIG_4KSTACKS.
Question: For really like to stick to the stock CentOS-4 kernel and not create/use a custom one. Has anyone had a problem using the Linksys WPC54G Cardbus adapter + Centos-4 and NOT had to use a custom kernel?
For that matter, since I haven't purchased the card yet, can I get a recommendation or two about a workable wlan cardbus (g) adapter that could most likely be found at Best Buy/CompUSA/Fry's ? I'd like to be able to easily return the card if things don't work...
I did some searching a decent card and it seems that a number of good wlan chipsets are discontinued or hard to find, so I'm slightly confused as to what to get.
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The original poster was after a 54mbit wifi card and so far, all of the recommendations have been for 11mbit cards. I'd also be interested if anyone has positive things to say about any readily available 54mbit wifi cards + CentOS/Linux.
Cheers,
C
Lee,
Thanks for the feedback!!! I think I also saw this card at Best Buy. I'll give it a try and report back to the mailing list.
Mike
Lee Parmeter wrote:
Michael:
I can recommend the Netgear WG511. This one has a prism chipset; ndiswrapper is NOT required! Outpost.com sells the WG511 so you can probably find it at Fry's as well for around $45.
Note: I do not recommend the WG511T which is a different chipset!.
--- Michael addymin@pacbell.net wrote:
Greetings:
I'm just installed Centos-4 on an IBM T-21 laptop. So far so good. Now I'd like to pop in a wireless lan adapter. I'm looking at a buying a Linksys WPC54G adapter (although I haven't done so yet).
After doing some searching, it looks like the best way to get this card working is via ndiswrapper [http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net] and then to use Windoze drivers.
So I downloaded ndiswrapper and during the install, I received a warning message referring to "4K Stacks" and that NOT disabling 4k stacks can cause some drivers to crash. The docs went on to suggest I recompile the kernel to disable CONFIG_4KSTACKS.
Question: For really like to stick to the stock CentOS-4 kernel and not create/use a custom one. Has anyone had a problem using the Linksys WPC54G Cardbus adapter + Centos-4 and NOT had to use a custom kernel?
For that matter, since I haven't purchased the card yet, can I get a recommendation or two about a workable wlan cardbus (g) adapter that could most likely be found at Best Buy/CompUSA/Fry's ? I'd like to be able to easily return the card if things don't work...
I did some searching a decent card and it seems that a number of good wlan chipsets are discontinued or hard to find, so I'm slightly confused as to what to get.
Thank you. Michael Chinn _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
-- Lee Parmeter Emperor, linXos - The Flying Penguin http://www.linXos.com Linux Registered User #337161
'It's free. It works. Duh.'" - Eric Harrison
The United States is NOT a democracy, it was founded as a Republic!
God is not a republican or a democrat nor is His government a democracy! - Lee Parmeter
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