On Monday 02 March 2009 15:00:31 new_guy wrote: > STeve Andre' wrote: > > You might want to try -current--it just might fix your problem. Lately > > I've been doing a trick that annoys my Linux friends--I take their USB > > wifi stick and stuff it into my thinkpad and use it. With very few > > exceptions, it just works. > > At the same time, there are chipsets to avoid entirely. RealTek 8185 for > example and many times you have *no idea* what some of the less expensive > cards are using this week. I've bought identical Encore cards two months > apart. They had different chipsets.
That is very true, but it applies to just about all the cheap cards regardless of what it is. I've had "identical" serial, parallel, usb wifi and ide controller cards that wern't. I guess I've been lucky lately and have only dealt with real Realtek stuff. --STeve Andre'
