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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Robin Cornelius wrote: > On 9/6/06, Neil Stone <neil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> I'm looking in to getting WiFi working at home.. (toying with kismet) > >> http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?TabID=1&ModuleNo=43481&doy=6m9 >> http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?TabID=1&ModuleNo=43475&doy=6m9 > > I think these are broadcom chipsets and I think broadcom support is > still a bit flakey. There are some broadcom linux drivers but I don't > know much about the broadcom stuff. > > Get your self a ralink device! (no hidden motive what so ever > http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/wiki/index.php/Developers) ;-) > > Device list :- http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/wiki/index.php/Hardware > > The legacy drivers, ie ralinks original with our bug fixes are pretty > rock solid now. As long as you are not doing SMP or bigendian and the > ebuild project is bubbling along nicely. We are also "upstream" in the > kernel source tree now. > > Kismet works well and the chipset seems to have quite good rf pickup. > > Regards > The other choice is Atheros based cards, e.g. the Netgear WG511T. The madwifi project is pretty well solid, http://madwifi.sourceforge.net Kind regards, Julian -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFE/rP9js/5IBdCO1ERArqBAJoCm9+5FWnaFbzbhz+intF3w6SEhACfX5sy 1HsGWXE7SEh191CmQjDIXXk= =n2Vf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html