Long Range Wireless Technology

LinuxLaptop. net Linuxwless. passys. nl Both of the above resources provide tremendous resources, and LinuxLaptop. net goes even further by supplying lot of extra compatibility information on older notebooks as well. Suggest Wireless Devices. On other Web sites, have written mountains of howto information on connecting with wireless devices. Some recommended vendors include Emperorlinux. com Linuxcertified. com System76. com Yes, there are many others, but these are the three that Im comfortable in recommending, as they each have reputation for excellence.

Because believe me, anyone that tells you compiling wireless module is easy is only sharing halftruth. Assuming of you are using distributions like Ubuntu, PCLinuxOS and Mandriva, would suggest you try out your existing wireless card before getting too far ahead of yourself. You might just find them working out of the box. With the exception of Made for Windows product that at one time happened to use the Ralink module RT2500, have two Edimax USB WiFi dongles and one PCMCIA wireless card. For my money, use Ralinkpowered wireless devices both by choice and out of me not willing to support nonLinux vendors.

And in the next chapter of this series, will demonstrate to you exactly how this can be done and how to head off any shortcomings that come from using the included legacy modules. Here is the kicker on Ubuntu Gutsy not tested on Feisty, have all of them working without compiling anything or even using NDISWrapper. On other Web sites, have written mountains of howto information on connecting with wireless devices. Some recommended vendors include Emperorlinux. com Linuxcertified. com System76.

Main Menu LibraryMadPenguin StuffBuy Linux SoftwareLINUX TRAININGOOo Label TemplatesActions & InfoCreate An AccountSubmit NewsNews ArchivesAdvanced SearchMy ProfileAdvertise HereOnline StoreAbout UsWrite For UsAcceptable Use PolicyPrivacy Policy Article statistics 0 Views2327 Advertisement Home Reviews Simple Approach to Linux Wireless Last update 07172008Discuss this article And yet would be the first to point out that despite much of the nonsense about it being necessary to either compile driver from source or worse, falling back into Windows mindset so as to rely on Windows wireless drivers via NDISWrapper is never the only option.