On Tue, 6 Jun 2006, Dan Halbert wrote:

> Robert Tilden wrote:
> 
> >Can anyone point me to a "Just Works" wireless PC card for SL 4.2? It
> >seems that there are no easy out-of-the-box choices for linux wireless
> >these days.
> >  
> >
> I can't speak to  SL specifically, but I have had good luck with the SMC 
> SMCWCB-G 802.11g wireless card with Ubuntu 5.10 and 6.06 without having 
> to install any extra drivers. It supposedly has an Atheros chipset. The 

If it is atheros based then it will need the madfi drivers which are not 
included in SL but are included in Axel's repo  atrpms.

  yum --enablerepo atrpms list madwi*  

-Connie Sieh

> driver does not do anything with the LED's on the card, so you can't see 
> activity, but it still work. The card doesn't come up during 
> installation, but it configures perfectly afterwards. This was a relief 
> after trying several other cards, having to use ndiswrapper, etc.
> 
> I bought it at MicroCenter, and you could get it via microcenter.com. 
> It's $30 with a $10 rebate right now. There are certainly other sources. 
> It may be on its way out.
> 
> Regards,
> Dan
>