Wireless ethernet cards & ubuntu 10.4

[sdavmor]

On 04/01/2010 03:27 PM, Tab Gilbert wrote:
>
> On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 15:13, sdavmor <sdavmor at systemstheory.net
> <mailto:sdavmor at systemstheory.net>> wrote:
>
> I need to get one for my dad's new Ubuntu box since his new home
> office is inconveniently far away from the switch and router in
> his house, and I don't think he's up for running cat 6 cable up in
> his ceiling. Not a USB, but a PCI slot card is the order of
> business. So if you have personal knowledge of one that already
> works with Ubuntu 10.4 I'd like to know about it before spending
> any time on wrestling with his computer. I might be willing to try
> one that you know works with Ubuntu 9.10. --
>
>
> I have an Intel Wireless N card.  It works out of the box on
> Karmic. Plus, it is faster than a "g" card when on a "g" network.
>
> Tab

Thanks Tab. If it works out of the box on Karmic it's a pretty good
bet for a no-stress-for-my-old-man wireless solution. He's very keen
on poking around in *nix, but this is one area where he had a lot of
downtime in the past.
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