On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 1:51 AM, Bruce Layne <[email protected]>wrote:
> > On 05/02/2013 12:55 AM, Eric Keller wrote: > > When you say "doesn't work with linuxcnc" does this mean it doesn't > > have a driver on the live CD? > > Yep. That's apparently it exactly. A recent live CD of Ubuntu can > access the USB WiFi dongle, although the tiny (nearly nonexistent) > antenna seems to limit the range and reliability. But with LinuxCNC > booted on the same PC, the USB WiFi dongle is dead. Completely > unrecognized. > > > > > Since they may cause latency issues, if you can go with a bridge it > > might be your best bet. > > Maybe the USB WiFi driver is intentionally not included with LinuxCNC > specifically because of the latency issues? > > The external WiFi bridge is a kludgy design with a lot of extra hardware > including the loathsome wall wart transformer power supply, but I'm > liking the fact that it feeds wired internet to the LinuxCNC PC. I've > never seen that not work with any flavor of Linux. Putting the > configuration issues in the external WiFi router run as a WiFi bridge > does simplify the PC side of things, and should be a zero hassle > solution when upgrading LinuxCNC. > > I was hoping for a magic plug-and-play solution that didn't have the > down sides of the WiFi bridge, but honestly I didn't expect it. > > Thanks to you and Stephen for your advice. I think I'll take it! > Can't look till I get back home on Sunday, but I bought a WiFi card from Circuit City a few years back. One of the brand names they carry. All my systems at home are on WiFi, in fact are using the same card. This card works on both 10.04 LTS and 12.04 LTS, both linuxCNC and non-linuxCNC machines. Mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Introducing AppDynamics Lite, a free troubleshooting tool for Java/.NET Get 100% visibility into your production application - at no cost. Code-level diagnostics for performance bottlenecks with <2% overhead Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_ap1 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
