Re: USB wifi recommendation



On 2010-09-09, Theo Markettos <theom+news@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Can anyone suggest a USB wireless dongle that works without any faff? It's
for a machine with a comparatively old OS (Mepis 6 or 7, most likely 7) - I
don't want to either upgrade, or mess around with rebuilding the kernel,
importing driver firmware, etc.

I'd consider a PCI wireless card which worked with mad-wifi say. USB
wireless dongles are abit cutting edge compared with a PCI card. Thus PCI
card route is more likely to be less hassle.

.



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