I have similar problems with Madwifi on FC6, I manually run a script at startup which runs the dhclient command, although I'm assuming that in time I'll learn how to make this step automatic.....
As far as network selection goes...in the services list in FC6 I have an option called network manager which, if running, automatically selects the best available network. Not sure if this is the same in Kubuntu, but there must be something similar? Having spent some time looking into the chipset problem, I have discovered that this really is a bit of a problem! The reason that no one can recommend a particular network card is because manufactures can, and do change the chipset within cards, often without changing the version number or without any other warning to end users! Not really very helpful. Apologies if any of this is stating the obvious, but I'm a complete newbie but have had similar issues with a wireless laptop myself. Regards Tim ----- Original Message Follows ----- From: Mark Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Peterborough LUG - No commercial posts <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Peterboro] Linux laptops with wireless and DVDs Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 10:24:37 +0000 > Right, I'm making some progress on this one.... > > I have performed a fresh Kubuntu 6.10 install, and I now > have a 3Com 3CRUSB10075 wireless USB dongle, which is > being recognised by ndiswrapper. (There is a native OSS > driver but reports I've seen suggest that the 3Com one > under ndiswrapper is more reliable. So I installed he > drivers off the 3Com CD using ndiswrapper.) > > What appears to happen now is that the wireless adapter is > found (iwconfig shows my wireless interface, iwlist shows > my network, etc), but it is not obtaining an IP address > via DHCP unless I tell it to ("dhclient eth1"). Obviously > that's not very user friendly, so any suggestions? > > Also, how would I make it work by either cable or WLAN > depending on which is available? > > Finally, I downloaded kwirelessmonitor (via apt-get) but I > don't know how to add it to the system tray (I assume this > is a general KDE lack of knowledge issue, I don't know how > this stuff works!) > > NB: I used the 3com dongle because we discovered one on > the shelf, but I'd still like recommendations for a > wireless USB dongle which will work more simply, and which > is at the lower end of the price scale. It's relatively > easy to find chipset recommendations but that's not much > help when making a purchase! > > -- > Mark Rogers > More Solutions Ltd :: 0845 45 89 555 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Peterboro mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro _______________________________________________ Peterboro mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro
