I apologize in advance for this email sent from a Win9x/Outlook box. Been out of touch...off in hardware hell (MS-6309, MS-6380.) Obsessive hardware noodling http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noodling and a complete lack of respect for process documentation was my crime!
Fortuitously, A couple of PCChips SiS530's fell off the trash truck so I decided to build a separate Linux experimental network. Don't laugh...on board Realtek NIC vs. Netgear PCI NIC's. This led to an Ubuntu 5.1 upgrade which solved much of my problems. Now, on to the Wireless network. Used to email through a dialup, but I'm on broadband now, hence the flaky email. I checked out Ubuntu's networking Wiki, but I haven't had much luck with an out of the box solution. I've been playing with a D-Link DWL G510 PCI NIC. Strong signal, but poor assumption, plus a defective card (replaced.) It all comes down to chipsets. I purchased a D-Link DWL G120 USB NIC and a DWL G122 USB NIC to expand my wireless. USB flash drive is found by Ubuntu, but the NIC is not, could easily be "I don't know what I'm looking for." There seems to be plethora of Rev. # on the manufacturer's labels and I'm too chickensh*t to open up these cards, but if I have too I will. I would probably just buy a new card that is guaranteed to work (operator headspace aside.) I am looking for recommendations. Brian _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
