[Cialug] Wireless Adapter

[Dave J. Hala Jr.]

I've also had a very high failure rate on everything wifi that is
linksys. I've had better luck net gear stuff..


On Tue, 2005-08-09 at 10:17, Nathan C. Smith wrote:
> I've been trying to use a USB adapter.  Grrr...
> 
> So far NDISwrapper is the only thing that got me close.  And then it caused
> other wierdness to occur and I never got my connection.  YMMV.  The adapter
> was a linksys USB.  BTW, most USB adapters come with a tiny cable you can
> use to relocate the adapter.
> 
> BTW: I suspect Linksys builds in a planned obsolescence failure rate on
> their units.  I have had several WAP11s burn out over the last year.
> 
> -Nate
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave J. Hala Jr. [mailto:dave at 58ghz.net] 
> Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 10:13 AM
> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Cialug] Wireless Adapter
> 
> 
> 
> I'm wondering if using a USB wifi adapter with Linux would solve your
> problem.  Anyone using one?
> 
> Last time I had an ethernet driver problem on a laptop with an internal nic,
> I switched to a usb ethernet adapter.  I'm wondering if this would apply to
> a usb wifi adapter also. (maybe it would work with the 2.6
> kernel?) 
> 
> The netgear wg111 is on the list of USB devices support by the kernel.
> Here's the url:
> 
> http://www.linux-usb.org/usb.ids
> 
> It might work, I've got one here that works really well on the wife's laptop
> (XP), but I haven't had a chance to try it out on Linux... My only complaint
> is that it sticks out of the usb port like a big zit. 
> When I knocked the laptop of the stand, it got bent, but it still works. Of
> course, you're not supposed to do that right?
> 
> :) Dave
> 
> On Tue, 2005-08-09 at 09:54, Kevin C. Smith wrote:
> > Any suggestions on Wireless Adapters?
> > 
> > I've recently used the Linksys Wireless-G USB Adapter WUSB54G, but I'm 
> > not happy with it. The first two I've installed died within a year.
> > 
> > I'm thinking of going with a PCI version with an antenna that is not 
> > fixed.
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