Rod,
Try Mepis Linux...
www.mepislovers.com
Or .org - I can't remember.
its the distro I use, and includes (I think) WLan...
cya, Joey
On 21 Sep 2005 16:10:12 -0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> social Digest 21 Sep 2005 16:10:12 -0000 Issue 153
>
> Topics (messages 2184 through 2184):
>
> Wireless networking & Linux -- Marriage from hell
> 2184 by: Rod Engelsman
>
> Administrivia:
>
> To subscribe to the digest, e-mail:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> To unsubscribe from the digest, e-mail:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> To post to the list, e-mail:
> [email protected]
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Rod Engelsman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 11:10:09 -0500
> Subject: Wireless networking & Linux -- Marriage from hell
> Quick tech question for you guys:
> Does anyone know of a distro that includes ndiswrapper out of the box?
>
> Reason I ask is I have an older Toshiba laptop that my daughter
> inherited from her aunt. 700 Mhz Celeron, 192 MB Ram (upgraded by me),
> and I have a Linksys PCMCIA network card for it. Otherwise it only has
> an integrated 56K modem. The hard drive went to the great beyond, and I
> don't have the Windows ME installation disc that came with it. I
> wouldn't particularly want to re-install ME on a new hard drive
> anyway... gag .
>
> So here's the thing... I am very UNinterested in going through all the
> rigamarole of recompiling the kernel and all that crap that seems to be
> required to use ndiswrapper with the Windows drivers for the card. (No
> native Linux drivers exist, as is the case with most wireless stuff.)
> Even if I was interested in that (for a learning experience) it would be
> a real pain since I won't have any Internet connectivity until AFTER I
> get it all working, which makes dl'ing any required packages problematic
> at best. So having the wrapper built in would be a real plus.
>
> Rod
>
>
>
--
--Joey Kelley, HAPT, L.J.L.P.T., Volunteer MNGRR, Webmaster RRNNE.net--
