25 Aug
2014
25 Aug
'14
11:43 p.m.
On 08/25/2014 09:47 PM, tom wrote:
I had a Cnet+ wireless B, maybe BG I bought from
Amazon years ago when
it was hard to find linux compatibility. Worked out of the box. Gave it
away as Ubuntu and mint run my Dell Laptops wireless. About $8 at the time.
A good resource for Linux wireless:
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers
One thing that you learn the hard way is that BSD and the Linuces do not
necessarily support the same hardware. I have an example with the
Chinese USB to ethernet adapter. Conversely, the current round of Linux
kernels simply stopped supporting the VIA IDE/SATA chipset, abandoning
the old drivers as "buggy" and doing nothing about it(OpenBSD, however
supports it fine).
A name brand is no assurance of support; neither is a known chip inside
the device. I submit for your consideration, the Cisco AM10 Valet
USB-to WiFi. Supposedly takes the Ralink RTL2870 driver, but darned few
have met with any success.
Just some lessons that I've learned the hard way.
--Chuck