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(More customer reviews)I have two WPC54G cards with the exact same decal as this picture. Rev 3.1 works on Linux if you are willing to go through the trouble of configuring it (which for me was an hour or two). Rev. 5 WILL NOT WORK ON LINUX (as of July 2011).
I spent over 3 hours working on Rev 5, and I'm neither a Linux newbie, nor a computer newbie. In the end, I found, "You cannot connect to WPA2-secured networks with the mrv8k chipset and ndiswrapper in Feisty or Gutsy (which is currently on Tribe 5)" and to that I would add "or Natty." This matched my experience.
Source: Ubuntu Documentation, Community Documentation, WifiDocsDrivermrv8k
You can find the version number printed right after the model number on the back of the card. Also from the Linux command line, type lspci and it will tell you the chip-set and version.
Both versions "work" on Windows XP with the supplied drivers, but the Rev 5. card kept disconnecting and was often unable to reconnect after resuming from suspend - a key reason why I switched to Linux on that machine.
I give zero stars to Version 5 and two stars to version 3.1 for an average of 1 stars. I'm not even selling my Version 5 card, I'm throwing it out, because trying to use it is a curse in both Windows and Linux.
Several times in my search, people told me, "The best solution is to buy a card that says it supports Linux." Excellent advice which is why I was so delighted when I purchased this item: D-Link DWL-G650 Wireless Cardbus Adapter, 802.11g, 108Mbps. Unwrap, plug-in, works, done. Why can't all computer hardware be like that?
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