On 2/20/07, circa 13:23 MST, Gene Holmerud wrote: > > For into PCMCIA ("credit card") slot or PCI adapter into Motherboard? > > The latest Ubuntu live boot (6.06.1) immediately found my D-Link AirPlus > DWL-G650 (PCMCIA). > > Gene > > On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 13:23:17 -0700, Josef Lowder > had written: > > > [...] > > The internal wireless card (801 something) in my HP Laptop does > > does not work with the Linux side of my dual boot installation. > > It works fine with the WinXP side. I also tried a Kubuntu live CD > > and cannot get a wireless connection with it either. > > > > So, what PCI card would you recommend getting (or what other > > solution would you recommend)? > >[...] > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [...] > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [...] Thanks for that info. BTW, how much does a "D-Link AirPlus DWL-G650 (PCMCIA)" card cost? because I have an old laptop, currently running Ubuntu 6.06 (but I might consider installing later software), and as of the old kernel (circa mid 2006? I think) in it, (about 2.6.14? or so?) I think the "out of the box" drivers for a certain wifi chipset that it has, had some problem (I think it is a Broadcom 4318 chipset, something like that) (if I really want to check, I could find out) so the folks who sold me the pre owned ThinkPad installed it with an "ndiswrapper" around a windows wifi driver. This "can" work (it does, sometimes) but not very reliably. Fortunately I do not have an urgent immediate need to get this laptop wifi working. However, I might consider getting a new (PCMCIA) wifi card, if it would simplify things. (& if it is cheap...) I also might upgrade to newer software; (((PS: hereby avoiding the temptation to top-post, even though bottom posting here is a little inconsistent with the immediate previous reply in this thread...))) thanks, -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwartz@acm.org Mike.L.Schwartz@gmail.com