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

[Chad Perrin]

On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 08:23:20PM -0600, danbob 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. 

My experience is that Intel wireless drivers are extremely easy to get
working, regardless of the OS, unless you happen to stumble across
something that for some reason doesn't provide the open source drivers
through its software management system or core install.

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