Re: I'm officially a Linux User

From: Roby (roby_at_no-address.net)
Date: 12/29/04 

Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 10:41:38 -0500

Matt wrote:

> I was at Compusa tonight and picked up a Linksys 802.11b wireless adapter
> for $40. Ubuntu didn't recognize it, and currently I don't have the skills
> to do all that fancy driver stuff in terminal mode. So back to Compusa
> it's going. I'll probably have to get that expensive ethernet bridge.
>
> Matt
>
> "John Hasler" <john@dhh.gt.org> wrote in message
> news:87sm5qgfkq.fsf@toncho.dhh.gt.org...
>> Matt writes:
>> > How is the performance verses a USB adapter though?
>>
>> Ethernet substantially outperforms USB.
>> --
>> John Hasler
>> john@dhh.gt.org
>> Dancing Horse Hill
>> Elmwood, WI USA

Not necessarily expensive. NewEgg shows the Asus WL-330 (802.11b) at $49.99
and the WL-330G (802.11b/g) at $57.00. Both are ethernet devices that can
be configured as either an access point or client.

I have the G. It works well, although the internal antenna restricts range.

Roby