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usb wifi network connector

foobar · 2008-05-22 16:35:02

Hi All, Could any body recommend a usb wifi network connector that works will with ubuntu (7.10) . Ive heard that getting wifi to work with linux can be tricky .... thanks.

22-05-2008 05:35PM

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foobar

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Hi All,
Could any body recommend a usb wifi network connector that works will with ubuntu (7.10) . Ive heard that getting wifi to work with linux can be tricky ....
thanks.

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#2 22-05-2008 10:40PM

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https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WirelessCardsSupported#head-603c9481d6c6288b6b674cc50132d21f6d539c53

Getting wifi to work under linux use to be very difficult. But things have improved since about ubuntu 7.04 or earlier. With improvements in the linux kernel or with patches available for some the more popular cards.

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J.

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#3 23-05-2008 10:55AM

foobar

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corkie wrote: »

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WirelessCardsSupported#head-603c9481d6c6288b6b674cc50132d21f6d539c53

Cool, thanks man.

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