Re: Netgear WG111 USB wifi adapter works with squeeze / gnome
On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 05:54:10PM EST, Celejar wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Jan 2011 23:04:23 -0500
> Chris Jones <cjns1989@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 03:23:49PM EST, Celejar wrote:
> > > On Wed, 29 Dec 2010 20:10:07 -0800
> > > Peter Tenenbaum <peter.g.tenenbaum@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I recently had to add wifi to my squeeze / gnome desktop. Based on some
> > > > reviews I bought a Netgear WG111 USB wifi adapter, and I found that when I
> > > > plugged it into a USB port on my desktop it worked instantly -- no
> > > > configuration or package installation necessary.
> > > >
> > > > Is there a repository where these sorts of success stories are tracked?
> > >
> > > A bit late, but FTR:
> > >
> > > http://linux-wless.passys.nl/>
> > >
> > > A great resource.
> >
> > A bit puzzled about the disclaimer, though:
> >
> > ‘This list doesn't specify anything about how much of your card is
> > supported. So a card that only works without encryption is listed the
> > same as one that also has support for WEP/WPA.’
> >
> > Not sure I want to donate my bandwidth to any TDH that might sniff my
> > available presence the minute I cruise along in their neighborhood...
>
> But the very next line reads:
>
> "For the specifics about how much of your card is supported, please
> refer to the driver page listed for your card."
>
> IIUC, the driver docs will generally tell you what has been
> implemented.
Ah.. now I see it.. Sorry for the noise.
cj
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