Wireless for desktop

[Ian Malone]

On 17/07/07, Robert Downie <rdownie at gmail.com> wrote:
> Is there a model/brand that works out of the box?
> Thanks
>
> Robert Downie wrote:
> > I just upgraded a desktop to Fedora 7. The system is not a laptop  but
> > I need to enable wireless  networking. Can anyone recommend a
> > wireless card  that is known to work with the simplest configuring
> > (preferably USB).
> > Thanks,
> > -Bob
>     The cheapest is a card to put inside your desktop. Problem is the
> antenna is on the card and can be VERY poor receiving WiFi. You might
> need a antenna with a 1 meter cable. The USB model cost more but it has
> a cable so you can get it where it works.
>

FWIW, my (old-ish) EDIMax PCI card has an antenna on a
cable.  Haven't used it in a while, but it is Ralink (rt2500)
based.  I know that for that chipset there did not used to
be a Linux driver for the USB variant.

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imalone