This is a discussion on Learning Linux within the Server / Technical Administration Tips and Queries forums, part of the Webmaster Help category; I nearly switched over to Ubuntu except I couldn't get my wireless card working under Linux. I even went to ...
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| I nearly switched over to Ubuntu except I couldn't get my wireless card working under Linux. I even went to the trouble of compiling NSIutils and trying to get the drivers together but it just ended in a mess so it's XP for a while |
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| What kind of wireless card do you have?
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| Odd. Do you have an ethernet card to get it up and running at all?
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| Yeah, I ran a cable in to apt-get the NSI code and linux headers. The card isn't supported because it only has (as most do) Windows drivers written by the company. I looked up about the NSIWrapper utilities which emulate a windows environment for the drivers as far as I know but there was some error about the driver file being invalid and I don't have anywhere near enough experience with Linux to start debugging that! |
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| Hmm You might be able to get it working if you use some of the "nonfree" stuff. It's not overly complicated to do, though tbh using a proper wireless card helps
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| Hardware not software driven The cisco ones work really well
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| Yeah, I have Edgy 6.06 and Dapper Drake 6.10 as CD ISOs and they can both run while you're running windows, run live from the CD or do a full install. Its quite impressive for a single CD. |