Re: WiFi under Linux - rant no 7
- From: Unruh <unruh-spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 16 Mar 2006 18:44:38 GMT
Timothy Murphy <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
ray wrote:
Why is WiFi configuration under Linux so painful
and time-consuming?
Jeez - I don't know why you had such difficulty. I plugged a Belkin
wireless card into my laptop, followed a couple of simple steps to set up
ndiswrapper, and voila - there it was. No hassle, no fuss, took about
three minutes. I've done this with Elive, (K)Ubuntu, and Suse.
So, you were lucky.
But what were the "couple of simple steps"?
What would you have done if those steps had not worked?
What you do on any computer with any operating system where something does
not work.
It really shows a lack of imagination to say
"What problem? It works fine on my completely different computer,
with a completely different WiFi card."
No, it was used to demonstrate to you that your rant was over some
peculiarity of your system, not all systems. Linux has not problem with
wireless cards. Linux handles wireless cards fine. Linux has trouble with
SOME wireless cards. Of course if yours happens to be one, you many be
upset. YOu should probably first direct your upset at the manufacturer
since it is his product that does not work. If you plugged in your wireless
card in Windows and it did not work what would you do?
It is obvious from reading this newsgroup
that many people _do_ have problems setting up WiFi.
And in my opinion Linux is very, very bad at helping them.
Linux is an operating system. Linux does not "help them".
If the wireless card does not work, there are a number of possible reasons.
a) Noone has written a driver for it, including the manufacturer. In this
case it may be possible to use eitehr Linuxant driverloader or ndiswrapper
to use the windows driver in Linux.
b) The card is new and your operating system is old. In that case the
operating system simplydoes not recognise the card.
c) The manufacturer went to a lot of trouble to ensure that Linux could not
use the card no matter how hard people tried to get it to work.
When my car has broken down,
I do not find it much help for a spectator to say,
"I don't know what you are worrying about.
My car is working fine."
However if you say, "My chevy does not work. General Motors does make cars
that work." a response that "My chevy works fine" is a contradiction to
your claim that General Motors does not make cars that work.
Had you simply said " my wireless card does not work" people would have
responded with " please give us the details and maybe we can help". YOu
said Linux wireless does not work, which is contradicted by the millions
who use wireless under Linux.
.
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