I have a couple of Atheros based cards, but the Madwifi driver has a dependency that I've never been able to get working.
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 10:03 AM, Jeremiah Bess <[email protected]>wrote: > I'm not sure. I know I was frustrated with the steps I had to do to get my > broadcom working, but once I fugured out it's just a few simple steps, it's > a breeze now. I can offer a better suggestion than using a hardwire: get a > new wireless card. They are cheap ($10ish), and simple to install (usually > a panel under the laptop, or just under the keyboard). > > > https://www.google.com/search?gcx=c&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=wireless+card+minipci#sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&tbm=shop&source=hp&q=broadcom+wireless+card+minipci&pbx=1&oq=broadcom+wireless+card+minipci&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=4334l5869l1l6025l9l7l0l0l0l1l242l1008l0.6.1l7l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.,cf.osb&fp=efe7f116b0055b02&biw=1680&bih=923 > > Jeremiah E. Bess > Network Ninja, Penguin Geek, Father of four.six > > > On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 07:39, Scott Vargovich <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Yes - I've done that and searched through the FAQ and all other >> documentation trying to find answers, but have come up empty-handed. >> >> >> On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 9:34 AM, Jeremiah Bess <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Did you install the firmware according to the wiki? >>> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless_Setup#ipw2100_and_ipw2200 >>> >>> Jeremiah E. Bess >>> Network Ninja, Penguin Geek, Father of four.six >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 07:29, Scott Vargovich <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> I so wish I could get Arch working on my laptop. I've tried the last 2 >>>> releases and whenever I connect to wifi - my wifi chipset is ipw2100 - >>>> whenever I try to put a large amount of info through it - like streaming a >>>> video, the connection always drops. BTW - my router is a Linksys WRT54G2 >>>> with dd-wrt firmware. I'm using WPA2 encryption and have tried both >>>> Network Manager and Wicd. I've tried asking on the Freenode #archlinux >>>> channel and all they can say is to physically connect my laptop to the >>>> router when I want to watch streaming media. That is just not an option >>>> for me. Do you possibly have any words of wisdom, Mr Bess... or anybody >>>> else for that matter??? >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 9:21 AM, Jeremiah Bess >>>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> I'm not one of them, but there seems to be a huge flock of people to >>>>> Linux Mint. I see tons of blog reviews and Google+ >>>>> postings<https://plus.google.com/u/0/s/linuxmint>about it. I personally >>>>> have moved from Mandriva to Arch Linux on my desktop >>>>> and ArchBang on my lappy. >>>>> >>>>> Jeremiah E. Bess >>>>> Network Ninja, Penguin Geek, Father of four.six >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 07:10, Roy <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I have tried openSuSE 12.1. There are pluses and minuses for an Ubuntu >>>>>> user. OpenSuSE has GNOME Shell 3.2 which is available for Ubuntu and >>>>>> KDE 4.7.3, same as Kubuntu. Those are neither pluses nor minuses, but >>>>>> show that your desktop environment should not dictate your move. >>>>>> Rather you need to choose based on community, support, available >>>>>> packages, package management, etc. >>>>>> >>>>>> OpenSuSE is one of the premier implementations of Btrfs. It is the >>>>>> default file system. KDE is the default desktop, but you can choose >>>>>> GNOME, XFCE or LXDE versions. Btrfs is more complicated to setup, but >>>>>> it has a nice feature to do snapshots and rollbacks. It has something >>>>>> called Snapper to enable this. OpenSusE also features something called >>>>>> Tumbleweed that in effect can change it to a rolling release. >>>>>> >>>>>> OpenSuSE 12.1 has some exciting features, but on the downside is that >>>>>> it is an unfamiliar package management system for Ubuntu users (rpm >>>>>> and Yast). It can be tricky to run for newbies. There is a bit of a >>>>>> learning curve that you should be prepared for. It can become unstable >>>>>> quickly if you do not know what you are doing, in my experience. >>>>>> Support is good, but not as good as Ubuntu. The community is much >>>>>> smaller. You also have smaller repositories and lose PPAs. >>>>>> >>>>>> As with all distros it comes down to choice and what you expect and >>>>>> want. >>>>>> >>>>>> Roy >>>>>> >>>>>> Using Kubuntu 11.10, 64-bit >>>>>> Location: Canada >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 7 December 2011 21:59, Kari <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> > Actually I was thinking the same thing. I haven't looked outside >>>>>> of Ubuntu >>>>>> > in quite a while -- it is time to try something new. OpenSuSE >>>>>> would be fun >>>>>> > to try. >>>>>> > >>>>>> > And I think the group is just quiet. >>>>>> > >>>>>> > ~kari >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 8:25 PM, Ben Chavez <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> Did the group got quiet or am I exclude from receiving mail from >>>>>> it? Has >>>>>> >> anyone tried the new OpenSuSE release yet? I think it is the 12.1 >>>>>> release. 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