[Gllug] [GLLUG] Wireless and Linux

Sun Aug 2 14:37:27 UTC 2009

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>    1. Re: Linux workstation admin simpler than OS X (Alan Marsh)
>    2. Re: Wireless and Linux (Johannes Lang)
>    3. Re: Wireless and Linux (John G Walker)
>    4. Re: Wireless and Linux (Geo)
>    5. Re: Linux workstation admin simpler than OS X (Stuart Sears)
>    6. Re: Wireless and Linux (John Hearns)
>    7. Re: Wireless and Linux (Tethys)
>    8. Re: Linux workstation admin simpler than OS X (Richard Jones)
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> Date: Sat, 01 Aug 2009 12:58:02 +0100
> From: Alan Marsh <alanmarsh1965 at yahoo.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: [Gllug] Linux workstation admin simpler than OS X
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> James Laver wrote:
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>> Even with the applet you're still in trouble. I can't persuade the  
>> machine my client has allocated for me that it doesn't want to just  
>> DHCP every time but that it should use the details I give it. I even  
>> went so far as to hardcode them in the underlying config and yet  
>> networkmanager would undo the good work.
>>
>> You just can't win. And this is the future, apparently. It's also one  
>> of the reasons I use a mac.
>>
>> --James
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> # service NetworkManger stop ; chkconfig --del NetworkManager  ?
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> Untested :-)
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> Date: Sat, 01 Aug 2009 06:45:23 -0700
> From: Johannes Lang <johannes.lang at btinternet.com>
> Subject: Re: [Gllug] Wireless and Linux
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>> Today's Topics:
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>>    1. Wireless and Linux (Johannes Lang)
>>    2. Re: Wireless and Linux (Caroline Ford)
>>    3. Re: Wireless and Linux (John Hearns)
>>    4. Re: Wireless and Linux (John G Walker)
>>    5. Re: Wireless and Linux (lesleyb at herlug.org.uk)
>>    6. Re: LIVES (Andrew Black)
>>    7. Re: LIVES (Chris Bell)
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>> Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 16:44:52 -0700
>> From: Johannes Lang <johannes.lang at btinternet.com>
>> Subject: [Gllug] Wireless and Linux
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>> Hello
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>> If I had a posting about me not being able to sign in, please ignore 
>> this, as I hope that I have access to the mailing list now. At least, 
>> when I attempted to sign in, the email bounced back and said that I have 
>> already been signed in. Fingers crossed.
>>
>> Anyway, here is my problem:
>>
>> I was at the point a while ago, where I wanted to start using Linux, but 
>> as I have a problem using it wirelessly, unfortunately had to return to 
>> Windows XP. It must just be me, because my colleague has managed to get 
>> it working. This is what I have:
>>
>> A Netgear DG834GT router
>> A Netgear network adapter (WG111T).
>>
>> Some people say that Netgear does not have Linux drivers and others say 
>> that you can use any router with any Linux. It just depends how you set 
>> your system up. I obviously have set it up wrongly because it doesn't 
>> work on any flavor, not even Ubuntu. In the end I would love to use 
>> openSuse, because it has a lot of treasures that come out of the box.
>>
>> Please help
>>
>>   
>>     
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> Hi all
>
> First of all, thanks for all your help.
>
> Using the Internet on Linux is a catch-22 situation for me. At the 
> moment, I want to install openSuse, which I don't have yet, but I think 
> that SLED (which I do have) is more or less equivalent. I hope that the 
> 32bit version does boot up from the live DVD this time - I am not 
> holding my breath though :-) . In any case, I have to use Windows, 
> because I need to print the web page of the help forum from the links 
> sent to me.
>
> The WG111T USB network adapter uses an Atheros chipset I think. All the 
> web pages I have visited unfortunately tell you different things. One 
> says "no drivers exist" and others say "it depends how you configure 
> your system". Who would you believe.
>
> Please be patient with me, as I am a newbie at Linux. People say as a 
> newbie, you should use Ubuntu, but I prefer openSuse / SLED. Besides, 
> these disros use KDE and Konqueror rather than Gnome and Nautilus as the 
> file manager (I digress though).
>
>   
Hi all

I have used Kubuntu and wireless doesn't on that either. I think I've 
tried even the non-popular ones like Mepis and Gentoo. OpenSuse I like 
the best though. I have 10.3, but can't get it to work, even though it 
supposedly work out of the box. This out of box indicates that without 
doing or configuring anything, the blue flashing light will come on and 
it'll work. It doesn't though. I cannot give up yet even though all the 
Linux Magazine guides out there focus on Ubuntu..

Well, supposedly there is a Linux expo on 1st October here: 
http://www.confabb.com/conferences/65216-linuxworld-expo-uk-2009

ps: I know that someone is pissed of at me for being as newbie, but 
listen, everyone was a newcomer to Linux at one time. Besides, isn't 
that what forums are for? Like the Linux Format ones, and the countless 
others on the Internet :-)

Johannes

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