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From: jidanni on 6 Jun 2010 05:30
I am going to town and wish to purchase the most compatible, least
problems USB wireless LAN adapter for Debian.

Please don't tell me one that I go buy, only to discover half of the
ping packets get through, etc. Whilst of course on windows they work
fine.

So please tell me in your opinion what common brand and series has the
most throughly working Debian drivers and really works? Thanks you
very much.


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From: Anand Sivaram on 6 Jun 2010 06:40
On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 14:50, <jidanni(a)jidanni.org> wrote:

> I am going to town and wish to purchase the most compatible, least
> problems USB wireless LAN adapter for Debian.
>
> Please don't tell me one that I go buy, only to discover half of the
> ping packets get through, etc. Whilst of course on windows they work
> fine.
>
> So please tell me in your opinion what common brand and series has the
> most throughly working Debian drivers and really works? Thanks you
> very much.
>
>
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It is difficult to answer because, in many cases the same brand/model may
use different chipsets. Many of them come with Ralink rt73, rt2xx chipsets.
They seem to work well.
From: Klistvud on 6 Jun 2010 07:10
Dne, 06. 06. 2010 11:20:51 je jidanni(a)jidanni.org napisal(a):
>
> So please tell me in your opinion what common brand and series has the
> most throughly working Debian drivers and really works? Thanks you
> very much.
>

IMHO, there is no such thing as "Debian" drivers -- if a driver works
in Linux, it will most certainly work in Debian too. That said, Debian
Stable (Lenny) uses the kernel it uses, generally not the most recent
one in any sense of the word. Many drivers come with newer kernels, so
your choice will largely depend on whether you plan to use Lenny or
Squeeze. A good starting point would be
http://www.backtrack-linux.org/bt/wireless-drivers/
and
http://backtrack.offensive-security.com/index.php?title=HCL:Wireless
Please do check the above two links. You have to be wary though:
vendors frequently change a chipset (or just use a newer, incompatible
versions thereof) *without prior notice* and, moreover, without making
any mention on the packaging.
Generally speaking, older chips are better incorporated into the kernel
(the developers have had more time to reverse-engineer them and/or to
iron out the bugs), but older chips are also generally not as good as
newer ones in terms of range, power efficiency etc. Now, even with a
"good" and "compatible" wireless chip your mileage (speed,
compatibility, range, potential drop-outs etc.) may vary depending on
the driver used.
In addition, if you're looking for a 802.11n adapter, I think that the
'n' standard is *still* not completely finalized and consequently
*nowhere near* incorporated into the mainline kernels. I would very
much enjoy to be disproven on this though.

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From: Klistvud on 6 Jun 2010 07:30
[Addendum]
FWIW (a bit of personal experience):
The Broadcom 4328 chip only works with the proprietary Broadcom driver
and exhibits occasional disconnections, so I would not recommend it.
Some older Broadcom chips/cards are reported to run fine though.
Belkins are *all* a no-no; Belkin occupies one of the leading places in
the GNU/Linux hall of shame, in that it gives no support whatsoever to
free/opensource drivers, so steer away from any Belkin you may see,
even if available gratis or in cereal boxes.
Netgear WG111v3: has a newer chipset than prior versions and will only
work in 2.6.30 kernels and newer (versions prior to v3 are said to work
fine in older kernels though).

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From: Nuno Magalhães on 6 Jun 2010 07:40
Hi

I've set up a laptop with a TP-Link TL-WIN322G along with wicd and it
works fine, but IIRC i had to use a recent kernel.

HTH,
Nuno

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