cheap ubuntu laptop with wireless that works right "out of the box".

[Default User]

On Fri, 2008-02-01 at 17:38 +0100, Nils Kassube wrote:
> Default User wrote:
> > That got me thinking: does a Cardbus card fit it an express card slot,
> > and would or at least might it actually function there?  Can anyone
> > answer that?  If so, I might be able to use the Netgear WG511T card
> > with a newer computer, rather that just throw it away.
> 
> If you look at the pictures at <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExpressCard> 
> you will see that it will not even fit physically. Furthermore it is a 
> different technology.
> 
> 
> Nils
> 

Curses! Foiled again! Thanks anyway.  

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Note: Chris Mohler said: 

"Alternatively:
Buy yourself one of these: (~$40)
http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=179211

Plug it in.

Done.  I keep one of these with my laptop anyway - the signal is
stronger than the built-in wireless."

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I'm glad it works for Chris, but I just got one, a Belkin F5D7050 usb
adapter, version 5.000. Box says (c)2007.  I tried it on an old desktop
pc Ubuntu 7.10, updated) with usb 1.0 sockets.  It absolutely would not
work plugged into a usb hub.  

It would not work without using ndiswrapper-1.9 (thru the ndisgtk gui).
Then it worked a few times erratically, then not at all.  For the few
(2-3) times it did work, it would not scan in roaming mode unless
explicitly told the name of the desired network connection first, and
absolutely refused to make an encrypted connection at all.  I spent
hours fighting with it.  

I could not recommend using this adapter, except in a limited case of
dire desperation.  But thanks for the suggestion anyway.