[Glastonbury] Re: new to linux

[tony at whittycat.me.uk]

ROY MONAGHAN writes: 

>  I am new to Linux, I have installed on my laptop RED-Hat 8.0 the problem  that I am having is hard ware related.First network I use a WI Fi system on XP but it does not work on Linux, modems is an other problem.Is there a list of hard ware that is compatible with Linux?? or is there a way of configuration.

I have Red Hat 8.0 and an Actiontec wireless adapter talking to a Netgear
ethernet router. What type of wireless adapter do you have and is it PCI,
PCMCIA or USB? I use the linux-wlan-ng driver but there are others. As for
the modem, the main thing is not to waste time on a USB modem it won't work;
you need an ethernet modem aka a router. Doesn't matter much which. 

Tony Sumner