Aleksandar Milivojevic wrote: > Quoting Cameron Showalter <cameron at gwschool.com>: > >> there are a lot of resources out there regarding general linux >> compatibility with wireless cards, however alot of outdated. You can >> still find some very useful information. The problem ends up being >> using any sort of encryption other than WEP with newer cards that >> support WPA, WPA2, etc... I have successfully used a Zyxel G-102v2 >> 802.11g card with different distros including Centos 4.x on an >> unencrypted network or with WEP, but when I try to get WPA working I run >> into a wall because the windows drivers don't work with ndiswrapper. > > That's exactly why I'm asking for recommendations. I'll need to buy the > thing, stick it in laptop, and it has to work right away. WAP would be > high on the list of features. However WEP-only might be usable too. If > it doesn't work out of the box, I won't be able to browse the net to > search for solution (or additional software). Because my wireless card > doesn't work. By the time I'll be able to connect laptop to some wire, > I won't really need the card anymore (well, I'll need it someday in the > future again, but what I really need it for is this next trip I'll be > making). > > If there's nothing like this for CentOS, Fedora Core is an option too. OpenSUSE 10.0? OpenSUSE 10.2? These support the Atheros-based card ootb in my Acer Aspire. Your prospects are far better with FC{5,6} than with CentOS: in your position I'd probably not consider CentOS for very long. Note: FC6 is a complete basket case on my Del Optiplex GX 270 desktop. It does not handle the Intel graphics at all well. I did have RHEL5 beta, SLES10 and SUSE10 all running on it without great difficulty, but X was a challenge for RHEL5. -- Cheers John -- spambait 1aaaaaaa at coco.merseine.nu Z1aaaaaaa at coco.merseine.nu Please do not reply off-list