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On 10/02/2014 10:05 PM, walt wrote: |
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> I did some googling and enabled the "appropriate" kernel drivers, then |
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> rebooted and now the output from ifconfig includes this interface: |
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> wlan0: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 |
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> ether b8:a3:86:99:a8:d8 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet) |
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> RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B) |
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> RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0 |
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> TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B) |
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> TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 |
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> My yes-or-no question: does the appearance of "wlan0" imply that |
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> my new kernel drivers are the right ones for this particular D-Link |
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> WiFi adapter? |
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It's certainly a great sign, but it may or may not be enough. I'm by no |
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means an expert, but I believe I have to install some extra firmware |
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(b43-firmware) to use on my laptop as it's not in the kernel (unless I'm |
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clueless with kernel config). Without b43-firmware, the interface shows |
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up and is recognized, but can't be used iirc. |
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> If not, I'll either buy a better USB WiFi adapter or continue to |
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> google it. |
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> Thanks. |
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If you buy a new one, go with a PCI card. PCI is a much better bus than |
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USB - more power so the chipset does the majority of the processing |
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instead of the typical USB designs that offload a bunch of it to your |
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CPU. Also, if you buy a new one, I've had fantastic experiences with |
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Intel chipsets. |
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Alec |
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