Comments on: Do You Use WiFi With Linux?

By: Azmeen

Azmeen — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 09:14:06 +0000

kucau,

I did consider Homeplug but backed off it because it’s way too unfamiliar for me. I was also informed by a “friend of a friend” who actually bought a set that it didn’t last long. His unit was spoilt after just slightly over a year’s usage.

By: kucau

kucau — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:15:24 +0000

i`ve tested one caplang brand USB wireless adapter with feisty fawn. i failed to make it work , maybe because i dunno the the chipset. maybe ndiswrapper is a better choice to make it work. using Homeplug ethernet is another option if wifi on linux giving u headache

By: Azmeen

Azmeen — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:23:35 +0000

Hi KwangErn,

Thanks for responding. May I know what’s the brand of your USB wireless adapter? If possible, could you also tell me its chipset?

I’ve been reading up on ndiswrapper too. But as they say, better get things working “as is” rather than doing too much hacking just to get the simplest of devices up and running

By: KwangErn

KwangErn — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 12:46:19 +0000

It depends alot on the wireless chipset that the PCI or USB is using. If possible, try to stay away from USB-types. I never got it working; it’s about a year ago now.

Am sure Ubuntu has ndiswrapper installed somehow. ndiswrapper uses Windows driver to make it run.

Don’t think you’ll run into alot of problems with Ubuntu.