My Atheros-based Netgear 511T has traditionally worked with madwifi for a long time, say since 2004. I bought it because I knew it worked with Linux.  I have heard time and again KCLUG members talking about Orinoco cards being great.  Problem is that you can't find them or you can't get them for less than $100.  The Netgear came in at ~$40.
<br>Brian<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><br>&nbsp;</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div><div class="Wj3C7c"><div class="gmail_quote">

On Dec 26, 2007 3:19 PM, Mark Gardner &lt;<a href="mailto:markgard@gmail.com" target="_blank">markgard@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">

<div>&gt; My wife&#39;s laptop has Atheros WiFi. &nbsp;What&#39;s wrong with it?<br><br></div>Traditionally has poor Linux support.<br></blockquote></div><br>
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