If you have having wireless issues, look into NDIS wrapper. I really hope I've spelt that correct! It allows for windows xp wireless drivers to be used under linux.
Before I get asked how, I will say that Google is your friend! ------------------ From BlackBerry - [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Graham Todd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 13:22:26 To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Network problems On Sun, 26 Oct 2008 01:32:48 -0700 (PDT) mattik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, My wireless device is Intel Wireless Pro BG2200. I tried to get > network working by Networking and network-admin in gOS Gadgets 3.0 > Beta. If I try by network-admin it doesn't agree my password. I got > message unexpected error. If I try by networking upright corner of > screen I don't see any wireless networks and I cannot put any text to > bssid or security. My wireless security is wpa2-tkip. My wireless > worked in Ubuntu Hardy sometimes but it is working right in XP allways > so my device works right. [snipped] Welcome to the world of proprietary hardware devices, and the proprietary software to run them which does not work on Linux.... This particular wireless card is supported on Linux but only by developers back-engineering it and running alternative code. The reason for this is that the software built in has to link with elements of the Windows operating system for it to work at all, and since we cannot duplicate those elements (even if we could get the source code), we are left in the world of Linux of finding an alternative way to make the device work. At my university, in a designated "wireless zone", the card works well with gOS3 and my HI-Grade 332 laptop. Outside of the university, I have almost no wi-fi connectivity. The best way I have found to use it with Linux (and this goes for a wide range of distros, not just gOS) is to use a wi-fi dongle. The signal strength is much higher that using the W/ProBG2200 in Linux, but not as high as using it with XP. You might like to try one of the "mobile broadband" services as well, as this connects your laptop to the mobile phone (cellphone?) network. You have to use one of their special dongles and pay a monthly charge, but users tell me its even more efficient - you can even get some free netbooks with the hardware built in, here in the UK - but I have no personal knowlege of how they work with gOS. Ultimately, it comes down to whether you are prepared to accept the limitations of free software in hardware designed for another OS; I am, because I am philosophically predisposed to the concept of software with liberty. -- Graham Todd --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gOS Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/goslinux?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
