supported wireless cards

[Bryan Hepworth]

> On Tue, 2006-03-14 at 22:00 +0000, jack wallen wrote:
>> Just curious,
>>
>> What desktop wireless cards (PCI) work "out of the box" with FC 4? A
>> friend wants to migrate from Windows now but has to have wireless
>> because the desktop machine is too far from the router.  I've been
>> searching and all I can find are supported chipsets (which I understand
>> is critical). However, does anyone actually have a specific PCI card
>> that works?
>>
>> Thanks anyone.
>
> Unfortunately manufactures have been known to change the chipset in
> cards and use the same model number.  One Dlink Air-Plus DWL-G650 card
> may have a prism chipset while another will have an atheros chipset.
> Each will need different drivers.
>
> About the only way to know for sure is to get the card and run lspci to
> find out what is really inside.
>

Cisco Aironet works fine for me - like this one on ebay 
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Cisco-Aironet-350-Series-Wireless-PCI-LAN-Card_W0QQitemZ5877615271QQcategoryZ101281QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem