[olug] Good Desktop Wireless for Ubuntu

[Jay Swackhamer]

I dont know about a package for Ubuntu, but I bought some cheaper wifi  
PCI cards, and put one in my truck, and it's working without issues.

The driver is in 2.6.28, not sure about earlier kernel versions.

I may still have one or two for about $22/each.

The chipset is a rt61.

lspci:
01:09.0 Network controller: RaLink RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI

Modules:
rt61pci                23044  0
rt2x00pci               8576  1 rt61pci
rt2x00lib              33792  2 rt61pci,rt2x00pci
rfkill                 13008  2 rt2x00lib
led_class               4872  1 rt2x00lib
mac80211              174704  2 rt2x00pci,rt2x00lib
cfg80211               35360  2 rt2x00lib,mac80211
eeprom_93cx6            2560  1 rt61pci

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Quoting Dave Rowe <dave at roweware.com>:

> The Linksys USB adapters _work_, but you may need to play with
> ndiswrapper, as I'm not positive they work out of the box.  Never had
> issues with them after setup.
>
> Chad Homan wrote:
>> Hey Dave
>>
>> I put a D-Link WDA-1320 (98% sure) in one of my brothers desktops
>> and have had no issues connecting to wireless with the last three
>> versions of ubuntu. That includes 8.10.  The only downside is the lack
>> of wireless-N support on the card.  I checked newegg also, they want $30
>>
>> I will confirm this card on monday or tues
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 3:05 PM, Dave Thacker <dthacker9 at cox.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Hey folks,
>>> Daughter wants to put a desktop wireless card in her Ubuntu PC.   I realize
>>> that wireless can be painful depending on the chipset.  Does someone have a
>>> recommendation for a PCI or USB card that they've found easy to use with
>>> Ubuntu?  In the meantime, I'll be studying the Ubuntu Hardware List[1]
>>>
>>> Thanks!  Dave
>>>
>>> [1]https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WirelessCardsSupported
>>>
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