ExtremeTech has a small preview of Ubuntu today, and it made for some overall positive thoughts. But here’s what gets to me, is this quote from the “Problems” section of the article:
Finally, we were disappointed (but not surprised) that Ubuntu did not detect or configure the wireless card in our laptop. We’ve come to expect this, unfortunately. But it would sure be nice at some point if we could connect wirelessly right after installing a Linux distro, with no extra effort required.
What? Ubuntu picked up my Netgear MA401 802.11b card with no problems, configured the network using DHCP, and did the required netinstall features without even asking me a single configuration question.
So I think the problem is lousy equipment on ExtremeTech’s part. Don’t hate the distro, hate the card.
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9/27/2004 at 5:53 pm
paulehr
I scanned through the article and i noticed that it didnt specify what they were using for a laptop. I bet they were using a centrino based laptop.
10/1/2004 at 6:57 pm
Perico de los Palotes
Well, it DOES detect my Wifi card (the PCcard, not the Centrino), and is able to use it. However, although the Network Configuration applet lets you input the SSID, you canot input the WEP key. It doesn’t show what SSIDs are available, either.
This can be solved by typing at the root console
> iwconfig eth(X) essid (Y) enc (Z)
where X is the number for the interface, Y the SSID and Z the WEP key. Hardly intuitive, though, and pretty uncomfortable if you move around.