Re: wireless @ cbv

got a rt2x00 laptop nic 
was surprised how easy wireless is now

On Mon, 2005-06-27 at 07:08 +1000, ed chan wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> Just spent a couple of weekends "playing with" wireless. Had success,
> but after lots of hunting around downloading drivers ( from Windows XP)
> and putting them inside a "wrapper" ( Ndiswrapper ) for it to run under
> Linux.
> 
> Wireless and Linux is almost like Win-modems; you really struggle to get
> drivers that work under Linux. Even more so of late, As the later
> versions of the same card that use to work under Linux now doesn't
> ( manufacturer use a different chipset in the meantime that no longer
> uses the driver that was supported under Linux ).
> 
> No problem with the router WAP ( I have a Linksys WRT54G which is a Linux box ).
> 
> I was wondering if other people have had similar experiences.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Ed Chan
> 
> 
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