[NTLUG:Discuss] help getting wireless working

[Kevin Hulse]

--- Stephen Davidson <gorky at freenet.carleton.ca>
wrote:

> Kevin Hulse wrote:
> 
> >>>hello group.
> >>>i was looking for someone to help me to get
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>wireless working or at least
> >>    
> >>
> >>>started on the write path ill pay 60 bucks per
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>hour.
> >>    
> >>
> >>>jim
> >>>      
> >>>
> >
> >For starters, build, install and attempt to isnmod
> >any wifi driver kernel module for the wifi NIC
> >hardware
> >that you think you are going to use. Wifi
> >compatibility
> >is tricky. You may have to build your own module or
> 
> >depend on a binary one. Claims of support may not 
> >necessarily pan out. A source module might not
> build
> >or
> >a binary module might be dependent upon a
> particular
> >distribution release.
> >
> >You also have to worry about attennas and signal 
> >strength. You should look into what cards are the
> >strongest in this area and what hardware can be
> >augmented with after market mods. For example: my
> >wifi router has 3rd party antennas on it to boost
> >it's signal strength.
> >
> >I've had good luck with the dlink Atheros G laptop
> card.
> >
> >_______________________________________________
> >https://ntlug.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
> >
> >  
> >
> Hi Guys.
> Build, install, insmod????  If the guy is like me,
> (and with an offer to 
> hire/pay someone for this, it sounds like he is) he
> doesn't have time 
> and the expertise to be fooling around with building
> modules and 

There's a first time for everything.

The first time running make is not as bad as some 
people make it out to be. If you can bake a cake
from a box, then you can follow directions with 
madwifi just the same.

> drivers.  He just wants it to work.  (This is why I
> go with SuSE, it 
> just works, usually).  And as was pointed out in

This is wifi.

Having it "just work"  is not something you can depend
on. That's just the way wifi is under Linux. This
might
improve in time. However, the time is now.

> another thread on this 
> list, not all wireless cards work in Linux.  So, for

...which is why there is absolutely no substitute for
acquring the drivers beforehand so that you can
actually test everything out before you spend good 
money on something that could be a remarkable amount
of trouble and still do nothing for you (Unix Linux).

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> You guys need to start coming up with an easier
> solution for the 
> corporate and home users, other than "build your own
> code".  An idea 

Quit encouraging the mindless and needless
initimidation of novices.

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