Question on Wireless Card

[JesseBassett]

hello,
I have tried Linux before in the past but couldn't get my wireless card in my laptop (Its an Intel ProSet 3945ABG) to work right. So I received an Asus 802.11b/g (its the 107g model). My question is this:

Which Linux distro will recognise my Asus 107g wireless networking card right away? I don't like complicated setups (e.g. ndsiwrapper). There has to be a distro out there that will recognise and connect to my network.

Hope I made sense.... ,
Jesse

[flebber]

Live CD's will help you out, Your distribution is Mepis which I am currently not using but there are a lot of reviews supporting its good hardware detection which would also lead you to Ubuntu.

PClinuxOS based of Mandriva is another with great hardware detection. POst which one is the best. Or have you tried these already Mepis and PclinuxOS are both excellent

[antidrugue]

I have tried Linux before in the past but couldn't get my wireless card in my laptop (Its an Intel ProSet 3945ABG) to work right.

The Intel IPW3945 works out-of-the-box (no configuration required) in Ubuntu, starting with the Edgy release (so in Edgy or in the upcoming Feisty).

So I received an Asus 802.11b/g (its the 107g model).

This card uses the Ralink2500 chipset, so it should (no entirely sure though) in Ubuntu Edgy as well.

[JesseBassett]

The Intel IPW3945 works out-of-the-box (no configuration required) in Ubuntu, starting with the Edgy release (so in Edgy or in the upcoming Feisty).





This card uses the Ralink2500 chipset, so it should (no entirely sure though) in Ubuntu Edgy as well.

This is incorrect. I had to completely reinstall XP Pro because neither my IPW3945ABG or Ralink2500 connection worked 'out of the box' on Ubuntu. Anybody else care to tell me of a distro that works with my network cards?

[antidrugue]

This is incorrect. I had to completely reinstall XP Pro because neither my IPW3945ABG or Ralink2500 connection worked 'out of the box' on Ubuntu. Anybody else care to tell me of a distro that works with my network cards?

The IPW3945 does work, see for yourself:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Ha...workCardsIntel

Works perfectly on a fresh Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper) installation.

The IPW3945 does work out-of-the-box in Ubuntu 6.10, an example here:
http://atworkonline.it/~bibe/edgy/index.htm

Also, the Ralink 2500 driver is said to work out-of-the-box as well:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wi...r/RalinkRT2500

Since Ubuntu 5.10 (Breezy Badger) the rt2500 driver is installed out of the box, so your wireless card should be visible as "ra0" if you open the Networking utility found under the System->Administration->Networking menu.

I'm only citing the official Ubuntu documentation though.

[adrenaline]

This is incorrect. I had to completely reinstall XP Pro because neither my IPW3945ABG or Ralink2500 connection worked 'out of the box' on Ubuntu. Anybody else care to tell me of a distro that works with my network cards?

try PCLINUXOS I have used this on almost all wireless cards. I don't know about your exact one but I suspect it will work fine out of the box.

But between you and me If you don't want complicated don't get into Linux. Linux is everything you want but easy. The better you want it to perform the more work and complicated it is. It is very rewarding and free, but you aren't paying for ease.

It will get easier once you dive in, but it can be overwhelming to start. Hang in there. We will help.