On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 9:03 PM, Simon Royal mail@simonroyal.co.uk wrote:
Hi
Hello
My first question is - which wireless PCMCIA cards work well out-of-the-box, without any driver downloading or ndiswrapper configuring. I have a Buffalo G54 card at the mo which is Broadcom based and Ubuntu isn't too happy with it.
Hello, I've used quite a few broadcom wireless devices in Ubuntu without too much hassel, they require a binary blob of firmware but there are two drivers to choose from: b43 - opensource and included in the kernel does however need the firmware Broadcom STA - recently released from broadcom reports better signals but lacks a monitor mode
I've used both on this laptop and haven't had any problems, ive read on the Ubuntu forums that some people have a much better connection to there AP with the STA drivers but B43 has always worked for me.
Install and setup was really painless in Ubuntu 8.10 just go to "System->Administration->Hardware Drivers" and click activate on Broadcom B43 or STA. I think you'll need a connection to the Internet as the required firmware isn't on the install CD's.
Dennis