[NTLUG:Discuss] help getting wireless working

[Stephen Davidson]

Kevin Hulse wrote:

>>>hello group.
>>>i was looking for someone to help me to get
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>>wireless working or at least
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>>>started on the write path ill pay 60 bucks per
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>>hour.
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>>>jim
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>For starters, build, install and attempt to isnmod
>any wifi driver kernel module for the wifi NIC
>hardware
>that you think you are going to use. Wifi
>compatibility
>is tricky. You may have to build your own module or 
>depend on a binary one. Claims of support may not 
>necessarily pan out. A source module might not build
>or
>a binary module might be dependent upon a particular
>distribution release.
>
>You also have to worry about attennas and signal 
>strength. You should look into what cards are the
>strongest in this area and what hardware can be
>augmented with after market mods. For example: my
>wifi router has 3rd party antennas on it to boost
>it's signal strength.
>
>I've had good luck with the dlink Atheros G laptop card.
>
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Hi Guys.
Build, install, insmod????  If the guy is like me, (and with an offer to 
hire/pay someone for this, it sounds like he is) he doesn't have time 
and the expertise to be fooling around with building modules and 
drivers.  He just wants it to work.  (This is why I go with SuSE, it 
just works, usually).  And as was pointed out in another thread on this 
list, not all wireless cards work in Linux.  So, for starters, he needs 
to determine if this is a firm that is MS only, or if there are Linux 
wireless drivers available.  And that has always been a tough nut for ME 
to crack.

You guys need to start coming up with an easier solution for the 
corporate and home users, other than "build your own code".  An idea 
would be to start building binaries (rpms would be great!) that anyone 
can just download and install for the different wireless cards.  
Something with a Wizard would be really nice.

Regards,
Steve

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