Please recommend a wireless G Card

[eric b]

have a look here>

http://doc.gwos.org/index.php/HCL

and then when/if you have problems>

http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=98

how I got my wifi to work was with ndiswrapper.

http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/index.php/Ubuntu

cheers,
eric

On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 22:43:39 +0100, Home <vtpoet at direcway.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm new to the list.
>
> My question is very basic.
>
> I want to try out Linux again (I ran Red Hat about five or six years
> ago and gave up on it for compatibility reasons). I've been running
> Windows ever since.
>
> I want to try out Ubuntu on an older Compaq laptop that lacks an
> Ethernet port. I have a Notebook Network Card (PCMCIA) from Belkin
> (F5D5020) but no Linux installer (I've ever tried) recognizes it,
> which makes the computer virtually useless. (I can't access the
> Internet once Linux is installed.)
>
> I also have a Wireless Notebook Network Card (F5D7010) from Belkin
> (Wireless G), which I have never successfully fired up via Linux. I
> probably just run out of patience.
>
> So... my question. What Wireless G card (PCMCIA) can I use that Ubuntu
> will *effortlessly* (or nearly so) recognize during install? I'm
> willing to go out & buy it so that I can avoid all the fiddle faddle.
> (Since my last Linux foray, I have installed three children into my
> Life, which is still in BETA.)
>
> Patrick
>
>
>
>



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