Re: [Madwifi-users] D-Link DWL-G650

[Matt F. <mat...@cl...>]

Quoting Stephen Morrish (smm...@nt...):
> Hi to all, I've just joined this mail list.  You will have to be patient=
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> with me, because I'm not at all compent with Unix braced OS's.
> I have used Linux on and off for several years, flipping back and forth=
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> between varouse flavors of Linux and Windows. About a year ago I=20
> upgraded my wireless kit from 11Mb to the faster 54Mb one. With my old=20
> D-Link 650 Linux (Mandrake) would auto detect the card fine all I had to=
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> do was sort out the encryption and I was away... Now I have the faster=20
> D-Link G-650 card I'm on the look out for a Windows alternative that=20
> will work with my hardware. I have a D-Link DWL G-650 Rev b Ver B I=20
> think it has the Atheros chipset. I have also read that FreeBSD has the=
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> drivers I need already in in.  What I'm looking for (in an ideal world)=
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> is an OS that will auto detect and preferably auto configure on install,=
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> just the way Mandrake did with my old card. I have had to run Windows=20
> since getting the new kit, my patients with XP is starting to wear thin...
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> Regards Steve Morrish...
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Hi Steve,=20

IIRC, recent SuSE editions have included madwifi drivers, I've no idea
whether they get set up during install or if the modules are part of the
default kernel. Normally 'setting up' the card is just a case of having
hotplug and the right modules.

I don't know of any distros which automatically configure wireless
interfaces though - at least not without some work. Maybe someone else
does?

HTH,

matt

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