[SWLUG] WiFi & Linux

[Phillip Evans]

Hi All,

Firstly thanks for the replies so far, most helpful.

Maybe a wired connection rather than wifi may be easier, problem is the 
spatial arrangements at my place are such that wifi is the easier option 
and I may get a laptop...

I am not sure what to make of ndiswrapper, comments I have heard/read 
are mainly extremes, easy & no problem or nasty, avoid like a a dose of 
the clap ! With Mandriva, any attempt to use drakconf to set up a 
wireless connection will install ndiswrapper if not already installed so 
I would imagine it is fairly routine with this distro. I suppose you 
pays your money & takes your choice.

Instinct tells me that a pci adaptor card is probably less bother than a 
usb adaptor - is this fair comment ?


Best Regards,

Phillip Evans