Wireless card that just works...

[Scott Kitterman]

It's a D-Link with Atherous and a Dell Latitude L400.

Yes, I think I can get WPA to work, if I can just get the network up.

I tried madwifi to no avail.  I want a card I can just plug in.

Scott K

 ..... Original Message .......
On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 12:18:09 +0800 Brad Palmer <bkpalmer at bigpond.net.au> wrote:
>Hi Scott,
>
>What card(s) are you / have you been trying. I have used a variety of 
>different USB / PCMCIA wireless nics in my lappie all with no real problem.
>
>Are you on a laptop or a PC, what brand etc.
>
>If you are on a pc, some of the Netgear NICs (using the Atherous 
>chipset) have problems, especially with compatability with VIA chipsets.
>
>More info here will really help the group help you.
>
>Also
>
>Try this page for WPA. The /etc/network/interfaces stage is important.
>
>http://en.magenson.de/2006/06/11/ubuntu-dapper-drake-and-wpa-encrypted-wireless/
>
>Here is the important part from the page.
>
>In short: *Nine seven steps to WPA encrypted Wifi with Ubuntu Dapper Drake*:
>
>   1. |sudo apt-get install wpasupplicant| (might already be installed)
>   2. (You might have to do a |sudo apt-get update| in order to fetch
>      the newest metadata for apt-get)
>   3. |sudo apt-get install network-manager-gnome|
>   4. |sudo gedit /etc/network/interfaces| — Comment out everything but
>      “|lo|” entries in that file
>   5. Create a file called |/etc/default/wpasupplicant|, add entry
>      |ENABLED=0|
>   6. Reboot your system
>   7. Left-click the network manager icon in Gnome and select your
>      wireless network
>   8. Follow the prompts for password, type, etc.
>   9. It will ask you to choose a password for your new “keyring”.
>  10. Be happy ;)
>
>L8tr, mate and good luck
>Brad
>
>Scott Kitterman wrote:
>> Having just spent the last several hours grinding through various madwifi 
>> how-to's trying to get my existing wireless card working, getting to the end 
>> of the process and getting ... nothing.
>>
>> I give.
>>
>> Would someone please recommend an 802.11 card (preferably a/b/g, but I'll take 
>> what I can get) that just works.  WPA is a hard and fast requirement.  I'll 
>> futz around with that to make it work, but I'd like to get the basic 
>> networking out of the way without any recompiling of kernels or another 
>> several hours wasted.
>>
>> I'd rather not spend more than necessary, but I'm more interested in working, 
>> easy, reliable than cheap.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Scott K
>>
>>   
>
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