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Posted: Nov. 18 2007,21:39 QUOTE
I read this on another Linux forum :

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To anyone who wants to get serious about WPA encryption, I recommend Ralink-based wifi adaptors. The Ralink Linux driver is the only one which natively supports WPA. wpa_supplicant is then unnecessary.


and I see in the DSL wiki verified wifi cards that ralink is listed in the 'works out of the box'

http://damnsmalllinux.org/wiki/index.php/Verified_Wireless_Cards

Does this mean that any ralink chipset pcmcia cards will 'just work' with WPA in DSL. Does it just work in DSL without wpa_supplicant? Are they the best choice for (almost guaranteed) working WPA?

If that is true then this web page would be useful for anyone wanting to buy a card for DSL and wants to use it with WPA.

http://ralink.rapla.net/

eg. edimax EW-7108PCg with RT2500 chipset ?
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Posted: Nov. 19 2007,04:35 QUOTE
Maybe they do, search the rt* drivers/chipsets, but I know the rt2500 driver has problems for smp kernels.
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