Recommend 802.11a/b/g trimode card for Linux?

I am looking for recommendations for an IEEE 802.11a/b/g trimode card (for
laptop) that people have had

1) good experience with working well under RedHat Linux,
2) good experience using for analysis with Ethereal, Kismet, and other
wireless tools, and
3) good experience using for analyzing 802.11a, b, and g WLANs

I have a Proxim Orinoco trimode card (8480-WD), which works well under
Windows, but have NOT been able to get working under ReddHat Fedora Core 1
(yes, I have followed all directions on setting up an Atheros-based wireless
NIC under Linux; no go).

I need to get a trimode NIC that is proven to work reliably under Linux for
doing WLAN analysis, as mentioned above.
Thanks!

--john

John Sasso wrote:

> I am looking for recommendations for an IEEE 802.11a/b/g trimode card (for
> laptop) that people have had
>
> 1) good experience with working well under RedHat Linux,
> 2) good experience using for analysis with Ethereal, Kismet, and other
> wireless tools, and
> 3) good experience using for analyzing 802.11a, b, and g WLANs
>
> I have a Proxim Orinoco trimode card (8480-WD), which works well under
> Windows, but have NOT been able to get working under ReddHat Fedora Core 1
> (yes, I have followed all directions on setting up an Atheros-based
> wireless NIC under Linux; no go).
>
> I need to get a trimode NIC that is proven to work reliably under Linux
> for doing WLAN analysis, as mentioned above.
> Thanks!
>
> --john
You tried using the nic with ndis-wrapper? (http://ndiswrapper.sf.net)

John Sasso wrote:

> I have a Proxim Orinoco trimode card (8480-WD), which works well under
> Windows, but have NOT been able to get working under ReddHat Fedora Core 1
> (yes, I have followed all directions on setting up an Atheros-based wireless
> NIC under Linux; no go).
>
> I need to get a trimode NIC that is proven to work reliably under Linux for
> doing WLAN analysis, as mentioned above.
> Thanks!


As Fred has mentioned, there is an "open source" solution called
NDISwrapper, whereby your GNU/Linux box can load your windoz XP version
of the NDIS driver, and use it under Linux. You'll probably have to
compile the "wrapper" to use it.

Also available is another solution, called Driverloader. It too enables
your linux box to load the windoz XP NDIS driver.
http://www.linuxant.com/driverloader/

It supports your Atheros chipset, and is available as "source",
"tarball" and RPM for selected distro/versions. There is a thirty day
free trial license, and the permanent license costs twenty bucks or so.
The free license is immediately available to you if you have a valid
email address.

Good Luck!

vg