A good desktop Wi-Fi card for Fedora 10

[Bob Goodwin]

William M. Quarles wrote:
> Fernando Cassia wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 4:52 PM, William M. Quarles 
>> <walrus at bellsouth.net <mailto:walrus at bellsouth.net>> wrote:
>>
>>     Does anybody know of a good desktop PCI wireless ethernet card that
>>     I can buy and use with Fedora 10? I bought a new OEM HP
>>     Atheros-based wireless card, but it conflicts with my Sigma Designs
>>     REALMagic Hollywood Plus DVD/MPEG-2 decoder card, both in Windows XP
>>     Pro and in Fedora 10. Also, since I am trying to do a dual-boot
>>     setup, I couldn't get good drivers for Windows XP for the card. Any
>>     ideas would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>>     Thanks,
>>     William
>>
>>
>> I don't currently use Wi-Fi on my desktop(s)... since I cabled my 
>> home with five gigabit-ethernet sockets per room. :-)
>>
>> But when I did use Wi-Fi, I used cardbus cards hooked to 
>> pci-to-cardbus adapters.
>>
>> Here's some:
>>
>> Addonics ADPCICB2 - $49
>> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00023LTKK?ie=UTF8&tag=mnmsprst-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00023LTKK 
>> <http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00023LTKK?ie=UTF8&tag=mnmsprst-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00023LTKK> 
>>
>>
>> And
>> D-Link A/G Wi-Fi Cardbus adapter - $11.78
>> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0001PFO3C?ie=UTF8&tag=mnmsprst-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0001PFO3C 
>> <http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0001PFO3C?ie=UTF8&tag=mnmsprst-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0001PFO3C> 
>>
>>
>> Total: $60.78
>>
>> This also gives you the flexibility of exchanging Wi-Fi cards when 
>> new standards arrive, or exchanging cards in case of trouble, without 
>> opening up the case.
>>
>> (Cardbus cards are, for all intents and purposes, the same as PCI)
>
> Well, except for the fact you can remove a Cardbus adapter while the 
> computer is still running with little trouble.
>
> Thanks for the tip, but I'd still be much more interested in a PCI 
> card... although I do have the urge to add a Cardbus adapter later for 
> a professional recording Cardbus sound card, so that I can also use 
> the card on my laptop. I think that you might have overpaid for that 
> PCI=to-Cardbus adaptor though, I could have sworn that I have seen 
> them at a lower price before.
>
> Does anybody out there know of some good PCI wireless netowkring cards 
> that aren't Atheros-based?
>
> Thanks,
> William
>
>> Of course, there's also USB Wi-Fi dongles but in my experience those 
>> don't match the range of cardbus cards (antenna design, or power 
>> limits, perhaps?).
>
Wireless Ethernet bridges are really the best way to go in my opinion. 
No driver problems, easy to configure from a browser, and  also function 
as a four port swithc.  Buffalo has one that is either a bridge or a 
router. All are available at discounted prices. Cost a little more than 
a pci card but with none of the headaches ... i can set one  up on my 
Linux box and use it on the Mac and Windows computers as well with no 
further effort, just plug int the Ethernet port. It acts like a wired 
connection.

http://www.buffalotech.com/products/wireless/nfiniti-wireless-n-dual-band/nfiniti-wireless-n-dual-band-ethernet-converter-wli-tx4-ag300n/

http://www.amazon.com/Buffalo-Technology-WHR-HP-G54-Wireless-G-Performance/dp/tech-data/B000AOKTJ8/ref=de_a_smtd

http://www.amazon.com/Linksys-Dual-Band-Wireless-N-Gaming-Adapter/dp/B0010TEOLQ/ref=dp_cp_ob_e_title_2#productPromotions

Bob