Re: Laptop Considerations

[Chris Meidinger <chris.meidinger () badenit de>]

Hi Ghaith,

I have no problems with a Cisco Aironet AIR-CB21AG-E-K9 Card under 
linux, which is an Atheros chipset. I prefer my other wireless cards, 
but this one's fine for checking 802.11a networks.

Try downloading a recent live cd (i prefer kanotix from www.kanotix.de) 
and booting with that. I can guarantee that kanotix will properly 
recognize atheros cards. Then you can see what the drivers are called, 
and compile them on your normal installed system no matter what distro.

Or just search google for "atheros linux." The second and third hits are 
both good. I use madwifi drivers, but vt_ar5k drivers should be fine as 
well.

Cheers,

Chris

Ghaith Nasrawi wrote:

> some of you mentioned that they have 802.11a cards working under
> linux! All the 802.11a cards I've come across used Atheros chipsets,
> and I couldn't find linux drivers for any of them. How about you guys?
>
> also, did any of you find drivers for these intel chipsets that
> built-in with few laptops.
>
> cheers,
>
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