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   From: ray    
   Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
   Subject: Re: USB wireless adapters and Ubuntu   
   Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 09:42:43 -0700   
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   On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 23:20:53 -0800, n6xxxx wrote:   
      
   > I have a Compaq presario laptop with a Broadcom   
   > wireless adapter.  I have tried using methods I   
   > found online to make this adapter work using an   
   > ndis wrapper with no success yet. I have thought   
   > about using a USB adapter, if there is one that   
   > that will actually work under v. 6.06 or 6.10.   
   > Doing a search I found this list on the Ubuntu   
   > help page, https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WirelessCardsSupported   
   > but many of the USB adapters listed I cannot   
   > find any place to obtain them, and with others   
   > I have found various articles and forum posts   
   > stating that they do not work well.   
   > I am looking at this item which I have used in   
   > the past with a Windows computer   
   > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16833162130   
   > with this driver   
   > http://sourceforge.net/projects/rt2400   
   > Does anyone here know of a USB wireless adapter   
   > that would function under Ubuntu 6.06/6.10   
   > without an excessive amount of playing around   
   > with it?   
      
   I had a broadcomm unit working under 5.10. Since I upgraded to 6.06 I've   
   been unable to get it going again. Tried at least half a dozen different   
   'solutions' involving both ndiswrapper and the native driver all to no   
   avail.   
      
   Finally got a Dlink WNA2330 (Atheros chipset) plugged it in and it worked   
   'out of the box' with madwifi. Highly recommended. This is not a usb   
   product, but rather pcmcia; but I would think your chances of success   
   would be greatly enhanced with an Atheros chipset unit.   
      
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