Wifi and Linux (Was: [Gllug] Linux on Desktop )

[Jason Clifford]

On Tue, 13 Feb 2007, Ryan Cartwright wrote:

> Agreed but my point was not that the card was not supported but that
> Netgear changed the chipset on a product and didn't release it as a
> different version.

I'm surprised people don't simply return them as not being what they are 
advertised as.

Clearly the v2 card was based upon a specific hardware chipset. Changing 
that means the product is not what it was marketed/sold as - it is a 
different product.

Hardware manufacturers have no incentive to clearly mark changed products 
unless they suffer a penalty for not doing so.

Jason
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