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

[NoOp]

On 01/30/2008 08:02 PM, Default User wrote:

> Okay ...  so it looks like the answer is no.  Well, thanks to all who
> took the time to reply and give advice.  
> 
> So the laptop goes back.  BTW, just for laughs, I tried once more to get
> a Netgear MA111 usb wireless adapter to work on a Ubuntu 7.10 desktop
> computer.  No luck with either ndiswrapper or the prism driver, although
> the ethernet connection works fine, as always.  
> 
> Now I am reminded of why almost every one still bends over for
> Microsoft.  At least their lives are not defined by the limits of how
> far their ethernet cable will stretch.  
> 

Well now I'm really confused. The spec that you pointed to shows:

• Integrated Wi-Fi® compliant wireless:10
o Realtek® 802.11b/g wireless-LAN

I pointed you to Realtek's website where the appear to have linux
drivers for nearly everything they produce. Here's the page for the
RTL818 wireless chipset:

<http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=24&PFid=1&Level=6&Conn=5&ProdID=36&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false&Downloads=true>

On that page you will find linux drivers for the RTL818 chipset. There
are drivers for all but the RTL8187B - which seems to be the one
indicated in the Utah thread. However, you still can use ndiswrapper and
the windows driver for the RTL818B on that page. It may take some
tweaking, but you should be able to get it to work. See:

http://briancantin.blogspot.com/2007/11/hacking-rtl8187b-on-linux.html