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Old 11-18-2004
Bill Unruh
 
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Default Re: Using wireless with Linux

Lawrence <lpkibbe@sbcglobal.net> writes:

]repo wrote:
]> On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 15:30:40 GMT, Lawrence wrote:
]>
]>>I have a Linksys wireless 4 point router 802.11b with a Linksys wireless
]>>usb network adapter and a Linksys wireless network pc card all set up to
]>>run under windows os. I have been trying out various live Linux cds
]>>none of which will work using the wireless network adapter. My
]>>questions are: Can replace the Linksys wireless adapter with another
]>>brand using the current setup and if so which would be a good choice to
]>>run under Linux? I hope to install a linux distro to my hard drive
]>>eventually, many thanks.
]>
]> y
]> Did you tried with ndiswrapper?
]>
]No, so far I've been using only live cds. Will ndiswrapper work with
]live cds? Thanks for your reply.

Depends on what you have on your live CD. You would need
a) ndiswrapper and
b) the Windows driver for the wireless card
on the CD. If you have those, then yes, it could. If not, then no.


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