Vista/Ubuntu wireless card?

November 9, 2008 11:07 AM

I need a wireless (at least 802.11g) card that will work with both Vista and Ubuntu. Help!

My current card refuses to work in Vista due to some minor hardware incompatibilities, and its linux support isn't exactly stellar, but it works. I need a new card that will work great in both, and I would prefer to not have to use ndiswrapper. Also, I don't care if its PCI, PCI-E, or USB.

posted by comwiz to Computers & Internet (3 answers total)

I'm using the belkin USBN on Ubuntu; I did have to use NDIwrapper, but it's been nearly bulletproof.
posted by jenkinsEar at 11:52 AM on November 9, 2008

the d-link wda-1320 is an older pci card that I've had 'just working' in vista and ubuntu using the madwifi driver; but I can't confirm if it still works in intrepid yet - not great range though.

The zydas usb chipset is now very well supported; the trendnet tew-424ub or zyxel g220 v2 are both excellent usb 802.11g dongles that should just work out of the box up to WPA2, with excellent range.

Here's a good *current* list of chipsets that work well with gnome network manager, which is important for support of encryption.

For laptops, I've found the mini-pcie intel pro 3945 very good, and the 4965 pro works out of the box for 802.11n wpa2 on intrepid.
posted by ArkhanJG at 12:38 PM on November 9, 2008

I have had good luck with the Edimax IEEE 802.11g Turbo mode card (PCI) with both Vista and Ubuntu, but do not know if it is still available.
posted by flyingrock at 7:22 AM on November 10, 2008