HOWTO: install cheap RTL8180 wireless PCMCIA card in Linux

[Jonathan Hutchins]

On Saturday 30 October 2004 04:47 pm, Leo Mauler wrote:

> Using ndiswrapper to make a RealTek 8180 wireless card
> work properly.  Rather than bother with the
> proprietary drivers for Linux, use this one instead.

I thought that "ndiswrapper" used the propietary drivers relesed by evil 
companies that don't support Open Source?  I thought the point was to take 
the card back to the store, tell them it's no good if it doesn't supprot 
Linux, and buy something else.