[Cialug] new asus usb wifi dongle

Jeffrey Ollie jeff at ocjtech.us
Wed Jul 30 11:06:27 CDT 2008


On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 10:44 AM, David Champion
<dchampion at visionary.com> wrote:
> This is refreshing news... a usb wifi adapter that has the Linux driver
> source code available...
>
> http://www.asus.com/news_show.aspx?id=12239
>
> It's brand new, so it probably won't be real cheap any time soon. Glad to
> see someone actively supporting Linux drivers - it's a major pain finding
> USB wifi adapters that work under Linux.

I've heard too that drivers for the wireless in Asus's eee pc are
making their way upstream.  Asus seems to be turning into quite a
Linux-friendly company.

http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-ath5k-devel/2008/7/28/2715534

Jeff


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