Link to Wireless card?

ebrizzlez · Post by **ebrizzlez** » 27 Jun 2007, 19:42

Ok, honestly I am fucking tired of Windows and all the bitchy errors I get. Trying to configure exploit frameworks and they act all bitchy got me really annoyed. Besides that, I can't really see myself hacking on Windows Vista anymore. It seems out of the question. When I go to brag to my friends what I hack they will ask me what Linux distro I am using and I would reply weakly: "Vista..."

All I need is a wireless card so I can acess my netgear router network. If you know of a wireless card that supports Linux can you please post the link. I am looking for something on either Amazon or TigerDirect, but they dont say shit about supporting linux, but the two sites are the only ones my parents will actually consider buying from... =\

Please, I am ready to kill my own sweet box cause of these crappy errors! If any can post a link or reply, much apperciated. May I note, I currently have an old distro of SuSe 10.

Thanks.

Post by **bad_brain** » 28 Jun 2007, 05:01

here's a list: http://linux-wless.passys.nl/query_alles.php?

ebrizzlez · Post by **ebrizzlez** » 28 Jun 2007, 08:59

bad_brain wrote:here's a list: http://linux-wless.passys.nl/query_alles.php?

Thanks, but honestly, i am trying to keep the same features of my old card. My old card, had to be installed into the computer, which I believe is a PCI card if I am right....

But what is the difference between a USB card, may I note, on am on a computer, not laptop. And which chipset would you recommend. My previous wireless card was a 802.11g , and i wouldnt know the different bewteen a/b/g , I believe g is more flexible....

But once again, I am not a A+ certficate, so I need ideas here.

Thanks.

Post by **bad_brain** » 05 Jul 2007, 07:51

well, check the list for cards that are supported by Linux....you can run almost any wlan card on Linux, but for many you'll need ndiswrapper which enables you to use windows drivers on Linux. setting up ndiswrapper is a pain in the rear for beginners, and that's why you should check the list if you think about buying a specific model that you found on amazon for example...it'll save a lot of work afterwards.

and do NOT get an USB device, get a normal PCI card! networking via USB can be VERY annoying to setup on Linux, even for experienced users...

and the differences in a/b/g is mostly the possible transfer speed and the range...all modern cards support at least b/g, many a/b/g. you can reach 54mbit/s with b and g for example, also with the old "a" standard, BUT "a" is just good for a range of max. 15-25 meters..."a" is outdated anyway.

if you're confused and don't know if you should buy a specific model simply post the brand/model here and I'll have a look if I can recommedn it...

ebrizzlez · Post by **ebrizzlez** » 05 Jul 2007, 09:46

Well... I got the whole concept of the network a/b/g stuff down... but just not sure which card is best... I found this one and it seems to be good:

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Netgear  802.11g  WG 311T  man:168c dev:0013  Atheros  
Mad WiFi  
green 
driver available at: http://madwifi.org

This is its home page.

And this its link on amazon.com.

Thanks for the help.

Post by **bad_brain** » 05 Jul 2007, 11:01

hm, there are 2 different WG 311 T from Netgear:
the WG 311 T and the WG 311v2 T....if it's really the WG 311 T it has an Atheros chipset and would work fine with Linux by using the "Mad Wifi" driver.
but if it is the WG 311v2 T model is has an Texas Instruments chipset and will be hard to install.

best send a request to Amazon and let them assure it's NOT the v2 model before ordering...

ebrizzlez · Post by **ebrizzlez** » 05 Jul 2007, 11:26

Thanks for the info. Much apperciated..

I'll check up on it...