[olug] Good Desktop Wireless for Ubuntu
Dave Rowe
dave at roweware.com
Sun Jan 18 21:20:48 UTC 2009
The Linksys USB adapters _work_, but you may need to play with
ndiswrapper, as I'm not positive they work out of the box. Never had
issues with them after setup.
Chad Homan wrote:
> Hey Dave
>
> I put a D-Link WDA-1320 (98% sure) in one of my brothers desktops
> and have had no issues connecting to wireless with the last three
> versions of ubuntu. That includes 8.10. The only downside is the lack
> of wireless-N support on the card. I checked newegg also, they want $30
>
> I will confirm this card on monday or tues
>
> On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 3:05 PM, Dave Thacker <dthacker9 at cox.net> wrote:
>
>> Hey folks,
>> Daughter wants to put a desktop wireless card in her Ubuntu PC. I realize
>> that wireless can be painful depending on the chipset. Does someone have a
>> recommendation for a PCI or USB card that they've found easy to use with
>> Ubuntu? In the meantime, I'll be studying the Ubuntu Hardware List[1]
>>
>> Thanks! Dave
>>
>> [1]https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WirelessCardsSupported
>>
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