[Prism54-users] Damn and Blast

[James Hosken]

David Legg wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Subject seemed appropriate. After several weeks of research for my new 
> internal home wireless network I decided on SMC 2802W cards, which seemed to 
> work pretty well and pretty reliably with Prism54 drivers. Unfortunately, 
> like some others I unknowingly bought the recently produced 2802W V2, which 
> seems to have a completely different chipset, so I don't hold out any hope 
> for amendments to the driver. Thanks for telling us all SMC. Are people 
> really this desperate to scupper Linux? They seem to bring out totally 
> incompatible cards every other month. They haven't exactly got any cheaper.
> 
> The other alternative, that I can actually get hold of, is a D-Link DWL-G520 
> which I understood for a fact was Atheros based. Imagine my surprise when I 
> saw it on the supported cards page here. I am seriously confused here as I am 
> seeing a lot of what I thought were Atheros-based cards on the supported 
> cards page. The G-650 is Prism based I understand, but not the PCI G520. 
> Confusingly there seems to be several versions of this D-Link card, the most 
> recent being seemingly being based on a TI chipset, and others seem to be 
> abandoning Prism chipsets.  What's the story here?
> 
> Cisco have, in the past, seemed to support Linux rather well, but they are 
> expensive. I don't know what the story is with any 802.11g products.
> 
> So after several weeks of research I have drawn a blank regarding 802.11g on 
> Linux, and unfortunately the hard work put in by many developers on drivers 
> seems to have come to nought. Anyone have any idea about a 802.11g card (that 
> actually has a current revision that works) that definitely works with Linux, 
> either Atheros (madwifi) or Prism based? If it is a slightly more obscure 
> card where can I actually get hold of one, preferably in the UK? It has to be 
> a PCI card.
> 
> I'm sorry to bring up this 'what works with Linux' question, but after several 
> weeks and months of research I keep coming back to it.
> 
> regards,
> 
> David


David

I have bought a SMC2802W card in the last few months from 
http://www.hollycomputers.co.uk/

I guessd it's a V1 card as I have been able to get it working OK.
Might be worth trying them as they may have some V1 cards still in stock

James