jeff on 22 Mar 2008 13:35:56 -0700 |
Got a new laptop and am attempting to see if it will cooperate with my network. Spent countless hours tweezing and finally managed to get wireless going. Unfortunately the only way I was able to make wireless happen was by turning on SSID broadcast. Does this indicate I did something else wrong? If I get it connected then turn off SSID at the router, the connection drops and won't reconnect. This was not a problem with the original laptop. The laptop is a Dell, with one of those unmentionable Broadcomm wireless units that require the Win driver+ndiswrapper. There are countless web pages with info and countless workarounds. The OS is Xubuntu (I purchased the laptop with FreeDos and did my install). You may ask why I didn't check compatibility before I purchased. The answer is quite simply `because I'm stupid'. Either that or I expected the experience to be like my last Dell, whose wireless had a driver. Now I can spend the rest of the weekend trying to get audio happening :) The full rant will be posted shortly on my blog. http://lockergnome.com/leftystrat ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
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