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

[Default User]

On Fri, 2008-02-01 at 18:51 -0600, Chris Mohler wrote:
> On Feb 1, 2008 11:15 AM, Default User <xyzzyx at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> Ugh.  This one is a v4.000.  For posterity: the version 4.000 F5D7050
> uses the ZyDAS ZD1211 chipset and functions beautifully.  Apparently,
> the version 5.000 no longer uses the same chipset...  I happened to
> still have the box - I don't see any other way of determining the
> version.  Here is relevant lsusb info for the v 4.000:
> 
> Bus 007 Device 004: ID 050d:705c Belkin Components
> Device Descriptor:
>   bLength                18
>   bDescriptorType         1
>   bcdUSB               2.00
>   bDeviceClass          255 Vendor Specific Class
>   bDeviceSubClass       255 Vendor Specific Subclass
>   bDeviceProtocol       255 Vendor Specific Protocol
>   bMaxPacketSize0        64
>   idVendor           0x050d Belkin Components
>   idProduct          0x705c
>   bcdDevice           48.10
>   iManufacturer          16 Belkin
>   iProduct               32 USB2.0 WLAN
>   iSerial                 0
>   bNumConfigurations      1
> 
> 
> Chris
> 

Chris, thanks for the clarification. The adapter I got is version 5.000,
which may indeed use a different chipset.  Per sudo lsusb -v, 

"iProduct                2 RTL8187B_WLAN_Adapter". 

Anyway, if I can get a version 4.000, I'll try that and report back.  

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BTW, has anyone gotten wireless connectivity to work at all with the
Toshiba Satellite laptop, model A205-S5804, running Ubuntu 7.10?  If I
can find out how to do that, I can use the Toshiba, which is really at
the upper limit of my budget right now.  

I have been checking this forum thread: 

http://ubuntu-utah.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=4191499

no definitive answer yet.