Re: [Hampshire] Wireless PCI card for Linux

On 05/11/2007, Victor Churchill <victor@???> wrote:
> On 05/11/2007, Paul Tansom <paul@???> wrote:
> > ** Russell Gadd <rustleg@???> [2007-11-04 19:38]:
> > > I shortly expect to have an old Windows 98 PC which is being given away
> > > (don't know the precise spec at present) and I thought of putting in a
> > > wireless PCI card to connect to our 80211g wireless router and installing
> > > Ubuntu to use it for web surfing. Could someone suggest a suitable card or
> > > card family or let me know how I can check the spec of a card so it will
> > > work with Linux? I might buy something from Ebay. Thanks.
> > ** end quote [Russell Gadd]
>
> I had an old Panasonic ToughBook with W98 on it and did the same
> thing. Ubuntu (dapper/Edgy at that time) was OK with a D-Link DWL-650+
> although the boot logs wagged a finger about how I ought to use a
> 'proper' supported card. It was fine for 128-bit WEP and MAC address
> filtering; WPA was not an issue at that time.
>

I have a D-link Model DWL-G730AP
It is a nice device, it is powered of the USB or the mains and simply
connects to the PC via an Ethernet cable. So, guaranteed to be
compatible with all Linux!!!

Mine is 3 years old now, but I am sure similar products are out there.

James