Jesus Jr M Salvo wrote:
>
> 2008/8/1 bruce <bedouglas(a)earthlink.net>:
>>
>> hi...
>>
>> for my $0.02....
>>
>> i would argue for getting a cheap ~$40 linksys G usb wireless dongle...
>>
>> i have a laptop, amd x64, running fedora8, and after trying for a few
>> days
>> to get the madwifi/atheros stuff working, i got the usb dongle, plugged
>> it
>> in, and lo and behold.. up/running in a matter of 5 mins!!!
>>
>> good luck...
>>
>>
>
> I second that .. I just bought a Linkys WUSB54GC and it worked right
> out of the box with Fedora9 x86_64.
> It is using the rt73usb driver / module ... and the rtx drivers have
> been included in main-line kernel 2.6.22(?) since about Jan 2008.
>
I was ordering this and started reading reviews, really doesn't get a lot of
love from people who have it:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=N82E16833124187
I don't suppose anyone has tried the newer WUSB600N or WUSB300N, they both
got decent reviews, support 802.11n (not a requirement), 256 bit encryption,
and WPA2. The last could be an issue to connect at some customer sites. I'd
love to have the features, the size of the 300N isn't an issue, and the
price is less important than the reliability.
Most of the complaints are about signal, I'm spoiled, my old ACER laptop
with ipw2200 and whatever firmware was around when FC4 was new will work at
home from my office to the library, through a floor with 2x8 joists and
three real (plaster and lathe) walls, and will hear two routers in the
apartment house down the road and three in the college, at least 400' and
two brick walls away. People who say they have problems through a sheetrock
wall make me think the sensitivity is lacking.
Google finds many questions on these adaptors, and only minimal success
using ndiswrapper, which is not a long term solution. Well, newegg has these
WUSB54GC on sale, I'll take a chance on getting one and see if it holds up.
Maybe someone else will get a driver for the fancy new devices in the
meantime.
Thanks for the part number.
Well ... my experience is different from those in the reviews ( maybe
they were using windows as some were talking about re-install? ).
Signal strength is about 75% according to network-manager when I have
direct line-of-sight to the wireless router. I have not tried walking
around the house to see how far I can get a signal from my wireless
router ( also a Linksys ... WRT54GL )
FWIW, I am also running with the latest kernel for F9 x86_64.
[jsalvo]$ uname -r
2.6.25.11-97.fc9.x86_64
[jsalvo]$ /sbin/iwconfig -a
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"xxxxxxxxx"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: 00:1C:10:B2:19:F0
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=18 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
Power Management:off
Link Quality=74/100 Signal level:-36 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
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[jsalvo]$ /sbin/lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 13b1:0020 Linksys WUSB54GC 802.11g Adapter [ralink rt73]
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