Re: [MBZ] We are out -- need wireless help

2011-07-04 Thread Craig
On Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:26:39 -0400 Tim C bb...@crone.us wrote: Linksys wusb600n or the new Linksys USB one. Available at Sam's Club, Wal-Mart, or cheaper refurbished from Amazon. Download the driver from ralink. Works in at least rhel, centos, fedora. I'm using 128 of them right now. I

Re: [MBZ] We are out -- need wireless help

2011-06-29 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
They sell those usb wireless deals at the computer store pretty cheap. On 6/28/2011 6:04 PM, diese...@pisquared.net wrote: Well, we made it out and are now at the Glorieta Conference Center east of Santa Fe. We are thankful the air is clean. I'm using a friend's laptop to send this

[MBZ] We are out -- need wireless help

2011-06-28 Thread diese...@pisquared.net
Well, we made it out and are now at the Glorieta Conference Center east of Santa Fe.   We are thankful the air is clean.   I'm using a friend's laptop to send this because our desktop computer has no wireless capability and that's all the Conference Center offers.   Can anyone suggest a way to add

Re: [MBZ] We are out -- need wireless help

2011-06-28 Thread Walt Zarnoch
Get a USB wireless card from BigBoxMart or similar, there's a good chance that it will work. If it doesn't, you can always return it. Best of luck, Walt On Jun 28, 2011 7:04 PM, diese...@pisquared.net diese...@pisquared.net wrote: Well, we made it out and are now at the Glorieta Conference

Re: [MBZ] We are out -- need wireless help

2011-06-28 Thread Mitch Haley
diese...@pisquared.net wrote: Can anyone suggest a way to add wireless capability to our desktop computer, something that will work with Linux? This is cheap and seems to get decent reviews.

Re: [MBZ] We are out -- need wireless help

2011-06-28 Thread Michael Canfield
I tether my android cell phone to my macbook with an app called easy tether. Works great and bypasses the cell carriers tethering fees. I am on Sprint, not sure if it matters. Mike On Jun 28, 2011 7:04 PM, diese...@pisquared.net diese...@pisquared.net wrote: Well, we made it out and are now at

Re: [MBZ] We are out -- need wireless help

2011-06-28 Thread Mitch Haley
Michael Canfield wrote: I tether my android cell phone to my macbook with an app called easy tether. Works great and bypasses the cell carriers tethering fees. I am on Sprint, not sure if it matters. Last I knew, Craig was using a 2006 vintage Nokia on Tracfone. The data port on it is

Re: [MBZ] We are out -- need wireless help

2011-06-28 Thread Tim C
Linksys wusb600n or the new Linksys USB one. Available at Sam's Club, Wal-Mart, or cheaper refurbished from Amazon. Download the driver from ralink. Works in at least rhel, centos, fedora. I'm using 128 of them right now. If you have a cardbus slot you will probably already have the driver

Re: [MBZ] We are out -- need wireless help

2011-06-28 Thread Max Dillon
Thanks for the news, glad to hear you are safe. Max -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. diese...@pisquared.net diese...@pisquared.net wrote: Well, we made it out and are now at the Glorieta Conference Center east of Santa Fe. We are thankful the air is

Re: [MBZ] We are out -- need wireless help

2011-06-28 Thread Russ Williams
I installed one of those last week on a client's Mom's Win XP system. Works Great. And if I recall correctly there were Linux drivers on the Install CD. Russ W. On 6/28/2011 6:21 PM, Mitch Haley wrote: diese...@pisquared.net wrote: Can anyone suggest a way to add wireless capability to our

Re: [MBZ] We are out -- need wireless help

2011-06-28 Thread diese...@pisquared.net
  On June 28, 2011 at 9:51 PM Russ Williams rawil...@eatel.net wrote: I installed one of those last week on a client's Mom's Win XP system. Works Great. And if I recall correctly there were Linux drivers on the Install CD.  I'll drive into Santa Fe tomorrow and see if I can find one.   Sorry

Re: [MBZ] We are out -- need wireless help

2011-06-28 Thread Allan Streib
You can get a USB wireless adapter. The desktop is not so old it doesn't have USB right? Linux should support the common ones e.g. LinkSys Allan diese...@pisquared.net diese...@pisquared.net writes: Well, we made it out and are now at the Glorieta Conference Center east of Santa Fe.