[PLUG] Wireless PCMCIA cards
Nick Aubert
nickaubert at gmail.com
Sun Jul 31 19:45:45 UTC 2005
I got a D-Link AirPlus PCMCIA card for my laptop. This model
(DWL-G630) happens to be a rebranded Atheros, and uses the madwifi
drivers. The madwifi drivers are developed and distributed by
Atheros. They're proprietary. Getting my card working with Gentoo
took a bit of effort, including recompiling the kernel with the proper
modules, etc. Of course, Gentoo is about as far from plug-n-play as
you can get, so this isn't necessarily a strike against madwifi
itself. Luckily it has pretty good documentation:
http://madwifi.sourceforge.net/dokuwiki/doku.php
I haven't been able to get the card working with WPA encryption, but
it's been a while since I've tried. I'm currently relying on
"security through obscurity" :-/ I know that other people have gotten
madwifi working with WPA, I just haven't had the time to figure out
how. Aside from that, the card performs well.
-Nick
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