[ubuntu-uk] The Latest Wireless

[Alan Pope]

On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 07:07:29PM +0100, Toby Smithe wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-04-12 at 17:17 +0100, TheVeech wrote:
> > What's the latest in wireless that's available on Ubuntu?  I'm using 'b'
> > & 'g', but what's the state of play with 'n'/'pre-n'?
> 
> Does "n"/"pre-n" require any special facilities in the host OS? I always
> thought it was a feature of the hardware...
> 

It is but if the only people making �"n" type devices are Marvell and 
Broadcom (*) then you might be less likely to get good driver support in the 
kernel to use those devices.

* I dont know who makes the chipsets for "n" devices, just pointing out that 
the hardware has a knock on effect on the software/firmware/driver used.

Cheers,
Al.