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-Big table of
wireless cards, and their
chipsets. Valuable for figuring out if a prospective card will
work with HostAP [http://www.linux-wlan
.org/docs/wlan_adapters.html
.gz]
+Although there are many different
wireless cards made by many different vendors available for purchase today
, there are only a small number of companies that make wireless
chipsets. For example almost all 802.11b cards in existence today have either an Intersil Prism or Agere Hermes chipset in them. Chipsets are important because usually wireless drivers
work with Chipsets rather than individual cards
. Finding out whether your chipset is supported in Linux is the first step in getting your wireless card working
.
-Why do you want an Intersil Prism
chipset? For HostAP mode [
http://www.personaltelco
.net
/index.cgi
/HostApMode
]
-so your server can be
a wireless access point without
the cost of
a wireless access point
.
+!! Lists of Card Chipsets
+You may be able to find out what
chipset your card contains by looking at one of the following lists.
+
+
http://www.linux-wlan
.org
/docs
/wlan_adapters.html.gz
+
+!! 802.11b Chipsets
+* PrismWirelessChipset by Intersil
+* HermesWirelessChipset by Agere
+
+!! 802.11g Chipsets (Often these support both b and g)
+* [PrismGTWirelessChipset
] by Intersil
+
+!! 802.11a Chipsets (Often these support
a, b and g)
+Please fill in here
+
+!! Which Chipset should I use?
+An excellent question, it depends on what you want to do.
+
+The best cards for general 802.11b use are
the Proxim Gold cards which contain
a HermesWirelessChipset, these are well supported by Linux via a number of drivers
. They will work in both AdHoc and Managed modes but they cannot do HostAP. If you want a card that can do HostAP (act as an AccessPoint), then you need to buy a card with a PrismWirelessChipset
+----
+CategoryWireless
