Look for something supported by hostap, which is mainly (only) prism hardware. Otherwise check http://www.seattlewireless.net/HardwareComparison If you want it to act as a AP and have decent range I would strongly recommend looking for something that is not USB. Our linux based APs use pcmcia and mini-pci cards. Also check out http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/ scroll down to "Wireless LAN Hardware (surveys and reviews)" ~Ryan On 9/12/06, Eric Peterson <srcfoo at gmail.com> wrote: > I need a USB WiFi adapter for an embedded application. We initially > tried a Hawking USB dongle, but that seems to be very unstable and > seems to quit working after a little use. > > Does anyone have any recommendations for USB WiFi adapters that work > well with Linux? Preferably, it would also be able to operate in > access point mode. > > We're running CentOS at the moment due to some other compatibility > issues that we haven't had time to deal with so it is running an older > 2.6.12 kernel. Since we're using CentOS, I'm sure you figured out that > this application is not restricted by disk space and we are not > restricted to using embedded c libraries such as uclibc so assume that > we have standard Linux libraries and utilities. > > Thanks, > Eric -- Ryan Langseth www.invisimax.com ryan.langseth at gmail.com