[TriLUG] 802.11g

[William R. Gomeringer]

54g is not supported under Linux since the manufacturers refuse to release the 
specs for these cards. All is not lost though. Check out these sites:

http://linuxant.com
http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net

The above two sites basically provide a wrapper around the Windows driver so 
you can use your card. It's an ugly hack and frowned upon by many :) I have 
used both successfully on an HP notebook. They are not always easy to set up 
and note of warning: Linuxant wants you to pay them after 30 days for the 
privilege to use your brand new 54g wireless in Linux. This is rather 
annoying, since you already paid for the laptop. I do believe there is 
another site that provides some driver for prism based 54g cards, but that 
won't help you. Sorry to be the one to break this news to you, but not much 
else you can do.

William

On Tuesday 10 February 2004 06:31 pm, Dave Sorenson wrote:
> I just got a new laptop <WooHoo>Compaq 2598US 2.66ghz P4 512ddr,60GB
> HD</WooHoo> As a test to figure out how to set up dual boot, I ran Knoppix
> and everything was found except the built in broadcom 54G 802.11g wireless
> adapter. Anyone have any success getting the wireless working in a dual
> boot configuration on a Compaq 2500 series? Linux laptops have some
> listings for similar models, but nothing on the broadcom 54G wireless. Any
> thoughts guys?
>
> Thanks! Dave