Dear LazyWeb,
Do you have a favorite USB wifi network card for a laptop running Ubuntu?
Sincerely, Xaprb
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No experience with USB wireless, but I found this a while back looking for pci comapable cards. They list USB as well
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WirelessCardsSupported
I have a TP-LINK TL-WN321G USB wireless “stick”. I use it on my Feisty desktop with the rt73 drivers from http://rt2×00.serialmonkey.com/ - these may be in Gutsy by default, I’m not sure. It’s all a bit manual (have to compile a kernel module, and getting WPA working requires some custom pre-up commands) but it’s worked flawlessly since I got it running.
Hope this helps!
I have a Linksys WUSB i bought 2 years ago (http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Product_C2&childpagename=US/Layout&cid=1115416827517&pagename=Linksys/Common/VisitorWrapper) from maplin in England. Works relatively well it was well supported for wireless network cracking. It also uses the rt2×00 driver (rt70 it seems).
I also have a TP-LINK TL-WN321G. Currently struggling to get it working.
I’ve been using a SMC EZ Connect g - model = SMCWUSB-G
It worked plug and play in gutsy, haven’t tested hardy yet. An iwlist scan directly after plugging it in displayed all networks and connecting was a breeze. I highly recommend using Wicd in conjunction with this stick, its a sweet tool. Good luck!