[LBo] wireless choices QnA Digest, Vol 12, Issue 19

[Chuck Bates]

I have a netgear router that works fine with linux as well as other
computers running XP and OS X

My laptop has  Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG card. I run debian so
after using synaptic to install the ipw3945 drivers, firmware, source,
modules it still didnt work. turns out that you need a newer kernel than the
stock 2.6.18 Etch Kernel. after getting a newer kernel  (2.6.21-2-686 #1)
and adding wifi-radar and the newer ipw3945 tools I was using wifi with no
problem. ok that sounds worse than it actually was,

Chuck

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> Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2007 19:59:35 -0400
> From: Gregg Nicholas <nicholag at andrews.edu>
> Subject: [LBo] wireless choices
> To: qna at linuxbasics.org
> Message-ID: <46C8D967.8010005 at andrews.edu>
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> <rant>
> Over the years I've tried a variety of distros.  I decided that it was
> time to try a new distro and thought it might be fun to learn about the
> first distro that could recognize and use my wireless card. . . After
> trying over a dozen distros on 3 different types of wireless hardware,
> I'm ready to give up.  Guess I'll go back to my most familiar distro,
> and start digging for hacks and tweaks that might make one of my wifi
> cards work.  Unfortunately, it is just this type of situation which
> prevents me from recommending linux to anyone but a geek.
> </rant>
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> Since this group is about Questions and Answers, I'd like to put a
> question to the group as a whole:
> What wireless hardware have you personally used that required very
> little tweaking?
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> ....Gregg
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