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Ian K wrote: |
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>My other laptop has a nice atheros wireless card, very painless to set |
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>up. I dont know what |
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>chipsets are on what cards, so perhaps you could give me a model name |
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>and brand? |
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Unfortunately, neither does anybody else on this list. This is because |
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manufacturers have a habit of changing chipsets without changing model |
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numbers. So lot #1234 can be atheros, while #1235 can be intersil, |
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#1236 can be, well you get the picture. |
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The best is to buy from a store with a liberal return/exchange |
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policy...of course it always helps if it says "supports linux" on the box! |
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-Richard |
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