On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 22:53:31 -0700, Serena Cantor wrote: >What does work "out of the box" on etch mean? > >English is my second language. I have thought that etch installation CD >has driver for rt2500 based card and it will auto detect card, auto >load driver and auto config wireless connection. Surely this does not >happen. I used to have an rt2500-based PCI card and I got it working by compiling and installing the kernel module that comes in 'rt2500-source' (using module-assistant). However, I installed my system using a wired ethernet card. So, in short, installing might require you moving your computer within "wire distance" to your router/moden/whatever, but after that you'll be able to enjoy wireless networking :) /M -- Magnus Therning (OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4) magnus＠therning．org Jabber: magnus．therning＠gmail．com http://therning.org/magnus
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