From: Michael DeHaan Date: 2004-12-04T22:21:41+09:00 Subject: Re: [OFF] RE: *sigh* Anyone having wireless working on a linux machine? (ruby development machine) My last response on this thread, but I thought I would add... There are some cards for which ndiswrapper will not work with WEP, and definitely not with WPA (certain Broadcom chips, especially). YMMV... There are online petitions for Broadcom to release Linux drivers for these chipsets, though they have been met with no response. On Sat, 4 Dec 2004 12:17:40 +0900, Luca Pireddu wrote: > Michael DeHaan wrote: > > > > > On Sat, 4 Dec 2004 06:03:37 +0900, Abraham Vionas > > wrote: > >> Whoops, sorry, I forgot to mention that a lot of the reason I'm > >> investigating Linux is because being on Windows has been such a > >> complicating factor in my drive to learn and use Ruby. I just thought I'd > >> pose my question to the community at large. Sorry I forgot to tag it with > >> the Off Topic. > >> > >> Regards, Abe > >> > > > > Options: > > > > * SSH from your Windows or Mac laptop into a non-laptop Linux box. > > This works for anything non-GUI oriented, which is most of what I do > > (especially when dealing with rails, you don't care). > > * Just develop natively on a Powerbook or iBook. I'm doing things > > with rb-opengl right now, and it works great. Most everything is > > there, but bindings to certain GUI toolkits may take some effort. > > * X-Forward from your Linux box to a Powerbook or Windows machine > > using an X-Windows emulator. > > * VNC > > > > --Michael > > Try posting to comp.os.linux.hardware or comp.os.linux.misc. There's been > some discussion on the topic there lately. Also, try searching the newsgroup > archives groups.google.com. > > If it's any help, the situation right now is that a few chipsets are supported > by native Linux drivers, while the rest are left to try using their windows > driver through a compatibility layer called ndiswrapper. A quick search on > google returns some results that may be helpful > > http://www.google.com/linux?hl=en&lr=&q=wireless > http://www.google.com/linux?hl=en&lr=&q=wireless+howto > > In any case, although there probably isn't a program that will let you > point-and-click your way through the problem, you should be able to get your > card working. You won't be the first Linux user on a wireless LAN! > > Luca > >