[Discuss] PCI Wireless Adapter

[David Bronaugh]

David Bronaugh wrote:
> 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.
As an addendum to that, I'll second Ken's suggestion of ralink.

David