[NCLUG] laptop wireless, anyone got a USB 802.11b adapter?

[danbob]

I agree on the Ubuntu, Rich. I had Fedora on a Dell D600 laptop, didn't
want to deal with ndiswrapper, and the internal Intel 2200 B/G Wireless
NIC never did work. When I installed Ubuntu on the machine, it didn't
either....but all I did to fix it was put in my "magic" Orinoco wireless
card and apply all the updates via the web. After that it saw the
internal Intel card just fine, and I have the Orinoco external card
stored in the closet for the next recalcitrant laptop I come across. 

DAN




On Tue, 2008-05-13 at 14:40 -0600, Rich Young wrote:
> If you're married to Fedora 8, I'd strongly advise you to try before
> buying.  My laptop came with built-in Atheros wireless, and I have a
> supposedly Linux-friendly USB wireless adaptor, and Fedora 8 never ran
> either successfully.  
> 
> Both the external and built-in devices have "just worked" with other
> distros I've tried - Ubuntu (Gutsy Gibbon & Hoary Heron) and Puppy, to
> be precise.
> 
> Since wireless is such an important feature for a laptop, I ended up
> abandoning Fedora and have switched to Ubuntu.  In the end, it was just
> easier.
> 
> --------------------------
> I'm Rich Young, and I approved this message.
>  
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nclug-bounces at nclug.org 
> > [mailto:nclug-bounces at nclug.org] On Behalf Of hugh at mahon.cwx.net
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 1:03 PM
> > To: nclug at nclug.org
> > Subject: Re: [NCLUG] laptop wireless, anyone got a USB 
> > 802.11b adapter?
> > 
> > Hi Jim,
> > 
> > > On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 8:00 PM, <hugh at mahon.cwx.net> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Hi Folks,
> > > >
> > > > I got a new laptop.  Unfortunately it has a Broadcom 43xx 
> > chip for the
> > > > wireless and although I've followed the instructions I 
> > find on the Web
> > > > I can't get it to work.
> > > >
> > > 
> > > Which model and what distro? I've been able to get the 4328 
> > to work with
> > > ubuntu and many of the earlier ones are supposed to 
> > semi-auto install. If
> > > there is a model newer than the 4328 then I don't know.
> > 
> > It is the 4312.  I'm on Fedora 8.  I've tried it with the 
> > 2.6.24.5-85.fc8 and 2.6.25 kernels and gotten the same results with 
> > both.
> > 
> > I installed Ubuntu (both 7.10 and 8.04) but the X server didn't work 
> > (some driver issues) so I went back to Fedora 8.
> > 
> > > -- 
> > > Jim (Ubuntu geek extraordinaire)
> > > ----
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Hugh
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