Re: Wireless LAN - Now convinced Linux has a LONG way to go.
From: Linønut (linønut_at_bone.com)
Date: 11/26/03
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Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 20:57:15 -0600
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Fearing a spontaneous XP reboot, The Etobian mumbled this incantation:
> After installing Linksys adapters in two computers and hooking up the
> router, it took me exactly five minutes to get the WLAN running in XP.
>
> Over the past two or three days, I've gotten a lot of help from these
> newsgroups, and several methods to try, but I simply cannot get WLAN
> to work with Linux (SuSE 9.0). Every time I try a new suggestion, it
> seems I'm getting deeper in the hole. I'm sure if I had Fedora,
> Debian or Mandrake, I'd run into the same brick wall.
>
> While Linux and XP are equal when it comes to wired LANs, XP has the
> clear advantage over Linux when it comes to WLANs - it actually works,
> while being straightforward to set up.
Yeah, we got someone at our workplace who just cannot get a DLINK
wireless card to work with Win 2000.
-- No, I won't fix your Windows computer!
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