[Discuss] PCI Wireless Adapter

[David Bronaugh]

John Blomfield wrote:
> I have been struggling all afternoon to get an ASUS WL 138G V2 
> wireless PCI adapter card to work in my old computer that I want to 
> move to another room (no wired connect available).  Googling turned up 
> all sorts of Linux problems with this card (it works on XP).  I even 
> tried the driver from Linuxant and they want $20 after 30 days but 
> that doesn't work so they won't get their money!
>
> Before I take this WL 138G back to the shop and exchange it for 
> something else, does anyone have any solutions?  If not does anyone 
> know a PCI card that does work on Linux?  As yet I have not found a 
> reference to one that works!
>
> To save time I have tried all the usual stuff with NetworkManager but 
> not ndiswrapper.  Incidentally Linuxant uses some sort of wrapper 
> around the Windows driver.
>
> John Blomfield
Have you tried ndiswrapper? It's free and what everyone else uses to 
bork around these braindead wireless cards...

Still, if I were you I'd just get an Atheros-, Atmel-, TI-, or 
Intel-based device.

David