[GNUz] ndiswrapper - licences...

[Steve Holdoway]

Well, in my defence wireless cards are rarely referred to as NICs. I've got about 10 up and running under linux, and none of them require ndis. Most are Atheros based, but I also use the Intel ipw2200 series. All work fine. There are plenty that are supported. Which one are you having problems with? 

And I'd still only use ndis as a last resort (:

Steve

On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 20:48:12 +1200
Don Gould <don@bowenvale.co.nz> wrote:

> Is that a wifi card for under a tenna?
> 
> Steve Holdoway wrote:
> > Which network cards were you using? Personally, I'd throw them as far as possible if they need this. New ones aren't very dear, and I'm sure you can get a decent old one, like a 3c509 for well under a tenner.
> > 
> > Steve
> > 
> > On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 20:01:54 +1200
> > Don Gould <don@bowenvale.co.nz> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>Following on from the general discussion on cc's open status.
> >>
> >>What are peoples views on ndiswrapper?
> >>
> >>Drivers are written by manufactures based on code from chip suppliers 
> >>for xp os then used by ndis.
> >>
> >>Neil and I used ndis this afternoon to get new nics up and running with 
> >>in minutes.  We didn't have to track down drivers for the chip sent.
> >>
> >>It got us functional but are we still floss?
> >>
> >>Personally I'm good with this as I wasn't being asked to pay money to a 
> >>third party just to use my system.  Thou I guess the card manufacture 
> >>did pay money to the chip manufactures.
> >>
> >>Thoughts welcomed.
> >>
> >>
> >>Cheers Don
> >>
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