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#368: Improve Wireless Hardware Support
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Written by ubee the 29 Feb 08 at 01:09.
Category: Internet & Networking.
Related to:
Nothing/Others.
Status: New
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Description
As a newb to linux, I found it _VERY_ difficult to get my wireless card on my notebook working. I had to search the community forums for hours and follow very tricky command lines to get online.
Keep It Simple Stupid (for people like me)
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jamessnell wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 01:12
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Unfortunately, you're touching on something that only affects some people. It depends on your hardware. So really, what you're rooting for is a wider hardware support base. I can't complain with that.
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oodlesofmoddles wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 03:28
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In my desktop computer, I have a Belkin v7000 pci wireless card. The only way this works is through Ndiswrapper and when I first started using Ubuntu, I almost quit because of the difficulty.
Thanks!
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Graf wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 07:32
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This is so essential.
One day your wireless card works.
The next version destroys it completely.
And people on the boards are all "dude, just spend 10 hours helping us test the new version".
If something works, make sure it keeps working.
Honestly, wasting all this effort getting fancy graphics front ends up and running is totally wasted if people (somebody, anybody) isn't keeping the nuts and bolts running.
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Jellman wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 12:29
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indeed, i also agree with this post. I have a atheros ar5007eg i also had difficulty with ndiswrapper.
The only real way to fix this however i would assume is to extend the range of cards supported by the restricted moduals package.
This is a _BIG_ issue for new linux users.
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