Author: James Ashburner Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] USB WiFi for WPA Network
Richard Danter wrote: > Hi all,
>
> I have an old Compaq laptop with a built-in W200 network card. It
> seems this is not supported by Linux any longer and though it is
> possible to get the old driver to work with newer kernels it supports
> only WEP.
>
> So I was wondering if anyone has a recommendation for a cheap USB
> dongle that is able to support WPA/WPA2 and works well with Ubuntu
> 9.04? My router is 802.11b/g/n.
>
> Sadly my old PCMCIA cards are all only WEP capable too. :(
>
> Thanks
> Rich
>
> I may have an internal Intel card spare (from an nx7010 with a broken
screen), assuming you have a card that can be removed and replaced.
