On 2/20/07, circa 13:23 MST, Gene Holmerud <geneous@cox.net> 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 <
joe@actionline.com>
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)?
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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,
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Mike Schwartz
Glendale AZ
schwartz@acm.org
Mike.L.Schwartz@gmail.com