New Wireless Card

Hi im looking to order a new wireless card and am wondering what you guys would suggest. Im pretty new to Linux so the easier to get working the better.

thanks, i applicate any suggestions

The openSUSE Hardware Compatibility List for wireless adapters is a good -lace. Choose on that works with madwifi drivers is a good idea. I use a D-Link DWL-G520 PCI card with madwifi. Works for me, although oldcpu talks a little about the need for the correct version.

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The openSUSE Hardware Compatibility List for wireless adapters is a good -lace. Choose on that works with madwifi drivers is a good idea. I use a D-Link DWL-G520 PCI card with madwifi. Works for me, although oldcpu talks a little about the need for the correct version.

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http://www.amazon.com/D-Link-DWL-G520-Wireless-Adapter-802-11g/dp/B00007LTBI

is that the right one? idk if it says

i already have this card and havent been able to get it to work


Card: Gigabyte GN-WP01GS (PCI)

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Chipset: Ralink RT61
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pciid:
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Driver: Windows XP driver on cd
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Other: Works well with openSUSE 10.3, kernel. 2.6.22. Not works with native linux driver (rt61pci or rt61). Native driver must be blacklisted - possible conflict with ndiswrapper. :/

I use the card on the Amazon link. But I don't know its model number.

The Ralink card, what's its pciid? Use lspci and lspci -n to find out.

02:03.0 Network controller: RaLink RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI

00:00.0 Class 0600: 1002:5a33 (rev 01)
00:01.0 Class 0604: 1002:5a3f
00:11.0 Class 0101: 1002:437a (rev 80)
00:12.0 Class 0101: 1002:4379 (rev 80)
00:13.0 Class 0c03: 1002:4374 (rev 80)
00:13.1 Class 0c03: 1002:4375 (rev 80)
00:13.2 Class 0c03: 1002:4373 (rev 80)
00:14.0 Class 0c05: 1002:4372 (rev 81)
00:14.1 Class 0101: 1002:4376 (rev 80)
00:14.2 Class 0403: 1002:437b (rev 01)
00:14.3 Class 0601: 1002:4377 (rev 80)
00:14.4 Class 0604: 1002:4371 (rev 80)
01:05.0 Class 0300: 1002:5a61
02:02.0 Class 0200: 10ec:8139 (rev 10)
02:03.0 Class 0280: 1814:0301
02:04.0 Class 0780: 14f1:2f20

thats what came up. srry if im not doing this right

The Ralink Gigabyte brand card works with Ndiswrapper in openSUSE. Have you tried it with Ndiswrapper plus the blacklist entry?

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The Ralink Gigabyte brand card works with Ndiswrapper in openSUSE. Have you tried it with Ndiswrapper plus the blacklist entry?

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i haven't, i can give it a try, are there simple instructions on how to do it?

i haven't, i can give it a try, are there simple instructions on how to do it?
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Yes, use Andrewd18's HowTo: http://www.andrewd18.com/ndiswrapper...erinfo-gui.php

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My wife has a D-Link-DWL-G520 that we purchased, with an Atheros B3 chipset, which "just works" with the madwifi driver.

2. Left-click once on the "Installation Sources" button. After a minute, a list of repositories will appear.
i know im going to sound like an idiot but i dont see that anywhere in yast. if i go to add on product it gives me the option to specify url, but i haven seen it anywhere else.