Linux wifi card

Dan Ritter dsr-mzpnVDyJpH4k7aNtvndDlA at public.gmane.org
Sat Jul 11 18:50:41 EDT 2009


On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 05:48:17PM -0400, James Kramer wrote:
> I need to get a wifi card for my PC.  I am running Debian.  Would
> someone recommend a good card that is available locally.  What module
> and software will I need to support the card.   Thanks a lot for the
> advise.

USB, PCI, PCI-E, PCMCIA, or weirder?

You can get most wireless adapters working, if you accept that:
- you will need to download firmware for it
- you may need to compile a driver for it

http://wiki.debian.org/WiFi will help.

-dsr-

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