What wireless card works well with Arch?

Hello there
I recently finished building my quad-core (yay!) pc and because I don't want to run a long ethernet cable across the house, I was wondering if you guys knew any wireless cards I could use for my desktop (PCI/PCI-Express) that would work well with arch. I'd prefer to order it over the internet, and don't want to spend more than $100 (tax/shipping included). I know there was an earlier thread about this, but I didn't want to revive it and I also had some "requirements" in which I pick out. All help is appreciated
Last edited by itsbrad212 (2010-03-23 03:30:35)

655321 wrote:
Atheros Wireless cards work great on linux, I searched some on amazon for you there are some very good picks. They have extended range also
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss? … ci&x=0&y=0
Thanks I'll have a look at those. I have had great experiences with atheros cards on my laptop so hopefully these will act the same
Last edited by itsbrad212 (2010-03-23 04:54:58)

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