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Daemion n00b
Joined: 22 May 2004 Posts: 22
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Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2004 1:21 am Post subject: Recommendations for AMD64 compatible wireless card |
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Hi All,
I'm just considering throwing a wireless card into my desktop machine, most likely just something PCI seeing as the all up cost is generally a little cheaper than PCMCIA + PCI adaptor card.
Can any of you please give me some recommendations for PCI wireless network cards that work well in Gentoo AMD64? I'm not too fussed as to whether it's an 802.11b card or an 802.11g card myself as I already have a couple of machines running Orinoco Silver 11b PCMCIA cards so everything would probably run at 11Mbps anyways. This is fine because it's only really for internet connection sharing and small data transfers.
Any suggestions much appreciated |
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UberLord Retired Dev
Joined: 18 Sep 2003 Posts: 6835 Location: Blighty
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PC_Freak n00b
Joined: 29 Dec 2003 Posts: 63
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Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2004 7:54 pm Post subject: |
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There isn't an amd64 ebuild of prism54 available?
I currently have a complete useless USR wlan card with a TI chipset. It worked on x86 with ndiswrapper and binary drivers. I would now have to buy a new card which is supported by prism54... |
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malloc l33t
Joined: 19 Sep 2003 Posts: 762
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Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2004 10:25 pm Post subject: |
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PC_Freak wrote: | There isn't an amd64 ebuild of prism54 available?
I currently have a complete useless USR wlan card with a TI chipset. It worked on x86 with ndiswrapper and binary drivers. I would now have to buy a new card which is supported by prism54... |
Prism54 is part of the kernel, thus i believe it'll run on amd64. but i can be mistaken... _________________ --> Linux ### 2.6.11-ck2 #1 Sat Mar 12 20:21:30 WET 2005 i686 GNU/Linux <-- |
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servo888 Apprentice
Joined: 22 Feb 2004 Posts: 293
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Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 2:26 am Post subject: |
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I run a Linksys WCF12 with a PCMCIA -> CF adapter. My internal WiFi doesn't work in 64BIT, but the Linksys card runs just fine with the orinoco drivers. |
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grayskunk n00b
Joined: 31 Oct 2004 Posts: 24
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Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 3:21 am Post subject: |
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I was ready to purchase that SMC2802W until I took a closer look as well. Looks like a lot of people made that mistake. I ended up just buying an ethernet bridge to save myself the hassle. |
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civi n00b
Joined: 07 May 2005 Posts: 16 Location: Poland
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Posted: Sun May 08, 2005 8:34 am Post subject: |
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I can't belive there is no amd64/gentoo friendly wifi card... Maybe there are some 11mbps/b ones ? |
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crazycat l33t
Joined: 26 Aug 2003 Posts: 838 Location: Hamburg, Germany
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Posted: Sun May 08, 2005 11:54 am Post subject: |
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Check this cards. |
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tchak Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 19 Aug 2003 Posts: 124 Location: France/Russia
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Posted: Sun May 08, 2005 12:04 pm Post subject: |
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I got a prism54 card (Netgear) and it works perfectly on my amd64 system.
The problem is that this cards are rare now...
Atheros chipsets must work well no? (it is ~amd64) _________________ maybe this world is another planet's hell...
Athlon64 | ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 | Netgear (Prism54) + ASUS (USB2 ZD1211) |
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civi n00b
Joined: 07 May 2005 Posts: 16 Location: Poland
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Posted: Sun May 08, 2005 8:17 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for infos. What do you think, would D-Link DWL-520 H/W Rev E (PRISM 3) Wireless 802.11b PCI Adapter run fine ? (i found one on online auction) |
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spielc Guru
Joined: 20 Apr 2004 Posts: 452
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Posted: Sun May 08, 2005 10:30 pm Post subject: |
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civi wrote: | Thanks for infos. What do you think, would D-Link DWL-520 H/W Rev E (PRISM 3) Wireless 802.11b PCI Adapter run fine ? (i found one on online auction) |
i think Prism3 is linux-wlan-ng (i believe am not 100% sure feel free to correct me... ) i wasn't able to get my card (Prism2) working with my kernel (2.6.11) and the latest version of linux-wlan-ng that's available via portage. Maybe you are lucky and this change when the next version of linux-wlan-ng gets into portage... |
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cwt137 Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 25 Jul 2003 Posts: 99 Location: Southern California
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civi n00b
Joined: 07 May 2005 Posts: 16 Location: Poland
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Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 5:08 pm Post subject: |
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If broadcom chipset is well supported by linux Linksys Wireless-G PCI Adapter - WMP54G should work fine then ? sorry if im asking too many dumb questions, im just trying to find good wifi card and its not so easy in Poland |
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Tanisete Guru
Joined: 12 Mar 2004 Posts: 312
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civi n00b
Joined: 07 May 2005 Posts: 16 Location: Poland
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Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 2:05 pm Post subject: |
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D-links are easy to get, thats very useful information, thanks.. |
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