naath now has a Dell Latitude CPt C400GT. I installed Debian etch on it and it pretty much just worked. Currently it only has wired Ethernet, so we want a PCMCIA wireless card. Any recommendations? Ideally with free Linux drivers with WPA support.
Out of curiosity what are USB ones like, does anyone know? Nearly went that route with my PC when having trouble finding a low-profile one. They seem really common at the moment.
I have a Netgear USB WG111v2 which I got free with a box of cerealwireless router. It seems to work, and the Linux drivers are Free, but: before 2.6.incredibly-recent they're not in the Linus tree so it's either painful integration or hope your distro has done it (Ubuntu probably has, haven't tested).
The main issue I found was that it's a bit awkward having a big USB dongle hanging off the side of the laptop. Oh, and it didn't seem so good with weak signals as either my Nokia N800 or the Intel wireless chipset in my new laptop (smaller aerial, I guess).
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I have a Netgear USB WG111v2 which I got free with a
box of cerealwireless router. It seems to work, and the Linux drivers are Free, but: before 2.6.incredibly-recent they're not in the Linus tree so it's either painful integration or hope your distro has done it (Ubuntu probably has, haven't tested).The main issue I found was that it's a bit awkward having a big USB dongle hanging off the side of the laptop. Oh, and it didn't seem so good with weak signals as either my Nokia N800 or the Intel wireless chipset in my new laptop (smaller aerial, I guess).