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Posted: Wed, 28 May 2008 18:07:00 Post Subject: Linux & Wireless
Anyone have an easy way/guide to get a WiFi card working under Suse? Honestly have never done it _________________ I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. - Oath of office of the President of the United States
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Posted: Wed, 28 May 2008 19:23:18 Post Subject:
Depends which card it is. Mine was somewhat difficult to get going, but that was when it was relatively new. Atleast Intel has a team developing good Linux drivers. _________________ Take a look at my Gallery!
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Posted: Wed, 28 May 2008 20:04:02 Post Subject:
Yea, talked to a few other people. Yet more proof that while it's good, Linux is still not ready for prime time. _________________ I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. - Oath of office of the President of the United States
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Posted: Wed, 28 May 2008 21:38:23 Post Subject:
thats why they make 10/100/1000 Base-T cards.. lol _________________ Veni, Vidi, Velcro...
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I'll check out the 1st, and the 2nd I couldn't get it to even do a make... grrrrr _________________ I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. - Oath of office of the President of the United States
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I had the wireless working under Ubuntu for a while and I found it to be unreliable, especially as I was using the box as a server. It was actually less reliable than my windows server on wireless. I pulled out an old 100baseT card and it worked fine, and it was even better after I got a gig card and switch.
One thing I do remember was that I had to use an ndiswrapper for the wireless and that, shortly after I had installed the wireless, there was a new tool released to make things easier, and that did work with some limited success.
I'll check out the 1st, and the 2nd I couldn't get it to even do a make... grrrrr
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Posted: Thu, 29 May 2008 12:52:04 Post Subject:
Wireless is definitely one of the items on the "Needs Improvement" list for Linux, but it is truly dependent on the card/chipset your wireless adapter uses. Atheros chipsets are pretty common and the madwifi drivers seem to do a reasonable job getting them to work. Intels chips also seem to have reasonable support. Many companies do nothing to help linux developers with their hardware so most of the problem is not with Linux or it's developers, it with the manufacturers. Many drivers have to be painstakingly constructed by reverse engineering the product. This takes a lot of time and commitment.
I agree that Linux could be a lot better, but when it comes to drivers the blame lies with the manufacturers, not the linux driver developers. _________________
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True... but that's not much help when either using a hot spot, or... errr... amm... testing things on wireless.
