[IMC-Tech] Looking for Ubuntu-compatible Wi-Fi Card 802.11b

[Wendy Edwards]

Gary, that's surprising, since I have an Orinoco Silver (with an
Atheros chipset) and that's working nicely with Ubuntu.  But if
it died, I guess that would explain it.

Wendy

On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 11:36:39AM -0500, Gary Cziko wrote:
> Matt:
> 
> 
> First of all, I should have said 802.11b, not 802.11g.
> 
> The two cards I have (a 3 Com and a Lucent Orinoco Silver) don't seem to
> work at all (even under Windows). One was dropped, the other just seemed to
> have died. So it looks like I will need another card.
> 
> Thanks for the info.
> 
> --Gary
> 
> On 8/2/06, Matt Cordial <matt.cordial at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >If you have a non-compatible card lying around you can use an app
> >called ndiswrapper to make use of the Windows driver in Linux.
> >
> >I used this on an old Toshiba laptop running an earlier version of
> >Ubuntu. Worked great for me.
> >
> >http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/
> >
> >~Matt
> >
> >On 8/2/06, Gary Cziko <g-cziko at uiuc.edu> wrote:
> >> Just for fun I tried to install Ubuntu 6.06 on an old Compaq Armada 7400
> >> (Pentium II) laptop I have, and it seems to work just fine.
> >>
> >> So I am now looking for a compatible Wi-Fi 802.11g PC card that would
> >allow
> >> me to connect it to my home Wi-Fi network.
> >>
> >> If anyone has a PC Wi-Fi that might work with Ubuntu that they would be
> >> willing to give or sell at a good price, please let me know.
> >>
> >> You can find Ubuntu-compatible Wi-Fi cards at http://tinyurl.com/hu35m
> >>
> >> --Gary
> >>
> >>
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