WLAN adapter recommendations?

WLAN adapter recommendations?

[Benjamin Walkenhorst]

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Hello everybody,

I finally talked my parents into getting DSL. =) However, it looks pretty 
much like the DSL modem is going to reside in the basement of our house to 
provide internet access to me (my computer is located in the 2nd story of the 
house) and my father (whose machine is in the first story). 
Since we are not willing to put cables all over the house, we are thinking of 
getting a hardware-router/firewall (no, we do *not* have a spare 486-machine 
standing around...) with WLAN. In Germany - where I live - these thingies are 
getting very popular, and they mostly come with WLAN-adapters that connect to 
USB. (Well, I assume it's "real" WLAN, not some proprietary protocol.)
I do however strongly assume these thingies don't work with Linux too well. 
So I consider getting a "regular" WLAN-adapter (PCI/ISA). And I want to make 
sure it works fine with Linux (and, if possible, Free/NetBSD, as well). 
So I'm asking you if you can recommend any WLAN-adapters, preferrably based 
on your own experience. 

Any comments will be appreciated, thanks in advance and kind regards,

Benjamin Walkenhorst

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Benjamin Walkenhorst
eMail: krylon@gmx.net
homepage: http://www.krylon.de
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Re: WLAN adapter recommendations?

[Jeff Largent]

Here is the list of supported wlan hardware.

http://www.linux-wlan.org/docs/wlan_adapters.html5.html



Benjamin Walkenhorst wrote:
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> Hello everybody,
> 
> I finally talked my parents into getting DSL. =) However, it looks pretty 
> much like the DSL modem is going to reside in the basement of our house to 
> provide internet access to me (my computer is located in the 2nd story of the 
> house) and my father (whose machine is in the first story). 
> Since we are not willing to put cables all over the house, we are thinking of 
> getting a hardware-router/firewall (no, we do *not* have a spare 486-machine 
> standing around...) with WLAN. In Germany - where I live - these thingies are 
> getting very popular, and they mostly come with WLAN-adapters that connect to 
> USB. (Well, I assume it's "real" WLAN, not some proprietary protocol.)
> I do however strongly assume these thingies don't work with Linux too well. 
> So I consider getting a "regular" WLAN-adapter (PCI/ISA). And I want to make 
> sure it works fine with Linux (and, if possible, Free/NetBSD, as well). 
> So I'm asking you if you can recommend any WLAN-adapters, preferrably based 
> on your own experience. 
> 
> Any comments will be appreciated, thanks in advance and kind regards,
> 
> Benjamin Walkenhorst
> 
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> Benjamin Walkenhorst
> eMail: krylon@gmx.net
> homepage: http://www.krylon.de
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