Re: [tlug] Debian supported wireless PC Card

[Stuart Luppescu <s-luppescu@example.com>]

David Riggs wrote:
> Dear Tlug,
>
> I need to add 802.11b/g support to my 4 year old Toshiba Satellite. I 
> have a PC card slot. Can anyone recommend a card that will work with 
> Debian, hopefully Sarge? I don't care much about range and speed, since 
> it will be in fixed location, not far from my own Netgear router, but I 
> cannot run an ethernet cable.
>   
I don't know about Debian, but I have two laptops running Gentoo. One 
has a Belkin wireless card with the realtec 8180 chipset; the other has 
an SMC2635W. I bought each one for about US$5. The Belkin uses the 
rtl8180 driver,which is in Gentoo portage. The SMC uses a driver from 
Michael Wu <flamingice@example.com> called adm8211. Both work 
reasonably well and you can't beat the price.

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