Re: wireless - is it possible?
Default User (<xyzzyx@sbcglobal.net>) wrote:
> Easy question: has anyone been able to get any currently available
> wifi USB or PCMCIA adapter to work with a 2004 Toshiba Satellite
> M35X-S109 laptop (no built-in wifi), using Debian Etch?
>
> Very hard question: if so, how were you able to do it?
>
> I have tried a Netgear MA111 (v1?) USB adapter. I have only been able
> to get it to work "out of the box" with OpenBSD (any recent
> distribution), and Freespire 1.0.13 (before the switch to an Ubuntu
> base).
>
> I have also tried a Netgear WG111 (v2) adapter. To date, it won't
> work "out of the box" with any of many non-M$ OSes tried.
I think one of them uses a ralink chipset, which means that there is a
driver available, however you need to compile and install it yourself
(e.g. using module-assistant). The netgear wg511t pcmcia card also
works, it uses an atheros chipset and runs with the madwifi driver.
Packages are available in non-free, so you also need to build them
using non-free. If you want to buy Netgear adapters, take a close look
at the product name. An additional letter or number can mean that is
uses a completely different chipset.
regards
Andreas Janssen
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