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On 24/07/05 18:06:51, Stroller wrote: |
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> On Jul 24, 2005, at 1:49 am, Ian K wrote: |
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>> I have an older laptop that I want to add to my network, |
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>> (its a 802.11B one) and I was wondering what brands/models |
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>> would work the best under Linux. Im fairly flexible, and would |
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>> really not like to tinker with too many drivers. Any good ideas? |
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> Currently available are cards using the Ralink chipset, as this |
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> manufacturer has open-sourced their own drivers and there is a strong |
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> GPL project that will (I believe) eventually join the main kernel |
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> tree. |
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I bought one of these by accident - I bought a PC with an Asus A8V |
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motherboard without realising that it included on-board wireless with |
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the RT2500 chipset.* The main thing to beware of is that the RT2500 |
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driver doesn't work with SMP kernels; at first, before I realised this, |
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I was using an SMP kernel even though I have a single-processor system, |
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and found that the system would lock up within seconds of loading the |
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RT2500 module. |
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* Asus made (make?) two motherboards with almost-identical part |
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numbers, and almost identical specs, the main difference being the |
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wireless chipset. When I bought my PC, the spec didn't mention enough |
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of the mb part number to tell which it was; but as wireless wasn't |
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mentioned in the PC spec, and I was offered (and turned down) a |
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wireless card as an optional extra, I assumed I'd be getting the |
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cheaper non-wireless MB. I was pleasantly surprised to find the more |
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expensive one in the case when it arrived. |
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