Lan Barnes wrote:
> On Sat, June 21, 2008 8:33 pm, Gus Wirth wrote:
>> Steve M Bibayoff wrote:
>>> hello,
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 7:06 PM, Lan Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Gus has mentioned known-to-work USB HW. Anyone else? Drivers for same?
>>> I recommend any:
>>> http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/zd1211rw/devices
>>>
>>> and personally like the Fry's brand Airlink101 stuff as it usually
>>> goes on sale at least once a month for around $20. I have the AWLL3055
>>> model which worked as soon as I plugged it in.
>> The problem Lan is having is that what he has won't work with the 2.6.18
>> kernel that comes with CentOS 5.1 and he won't switch to Ubuntu. Given
>> those constraints he needs something older (prior to September 2006)
>> that is supported with the 2.6.18 kernel. A look at the source should
>> show what can be considered. The item you list is supported (assuming
>> they didn't change the chipset) but expensive if not on sale and bulky.
>>
>> Gus
>>
>>
>
> I have come to the conclusion that Gus is probably right. My problem is
> not hardware nor is it ndiswrapper. It is more likely it's the kernel I'm
> working with.
>
> My reasoning for sticking with this kernel was, I went to CentOS for
> stability and I don't want to dink with it. However, stability w/o
> connectivity sucks.
>
> I'm ready to take direction.
>
Perhaps you could repost your hardware description.
Maybe you should post that on a wiki page somewhere? O:-)
;-) sorry, couldn't resist.
My favorite approach is trying live-cd versions.
Many people say that Ubuntu has better wireless support, but I still try
Fedora. (U8.04, F9).
Do I understand that you have no built-in wireless? Or is this the l'top
that had bad wireless hardware?
Well, anyway, which adapters do you have to play with?
Regards,
..jim
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