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

[Ben West]

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On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 8:23 PM, danbob <danbob at hughes.net> wrote:

> 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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