Linux not working with wireless

Why can't Linux get wireless right?

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• linux
• computers
• wireless

[punkkid219]

If you read the comments below it, you would see this this video is over a year old. Support for wusb54gc has come to the Linux Kernel. There is now no problem

[punkkid219]

just for your information. I am running arch linux without any problems

[punkkid219]

I have nothing against Linux, Only the reasons why it can't work with the standards that are today. I know that some companies don't release drivers for things, and wag of a finger to them, but really tell me what OS do you know that doesn't have wireless working with little or no problems

The whole video is a message about me getting frustrated and telling my problems thats all alright?

[punkkid219]

you see I tried using ndiswrapper but the thing is if Linux want to become the choice OS for people then they need that support. I am a geek and was quite upset that it took such a long time to find an answer to this. I do respect people writing drivers. I said nothing bad in the video about them.

The only thing im saying is for Linux needs to get on board, people hear about this Linux thing and want to try it, only to figure out that their hardware is support it is sad.

[punkkid219]

if you could send a link to me through youtube message for one that works, I would be quite happy

[mushk45]

I think it's the other way around. It's the wireless cards that don't work with linux.

[leonardo9338]

i hear u .im with u i have and old dell c600 and it cant get it to work if u find the anwser please tell me

[PiercingKnight]

The kid is right. Why he should be spending the time to figure this out? Why re-invent the wheel? It should be already done! Most people just wanna use their computers for whatever they want, like doing their daily tasks. They have no time to reinvent the wheel, why should one trying doing that when it's already working in other operating systems?

[PhoenixNuke]

I have the Wusb54gsc, does it work for that one aswell? Because last time I checked, it didnt.

[neerajmot]

try wicd network manager

[rockman333]

USE NDISWRAPPER. its open source. companies don't make their source open. so ITs a text based operating system. and use some real distros. Slackware is good, suse, knoppix. it won't work out of the box because its made for microsoft

[ofeyofey]

Knoppix will work if you configure it correctly

[bounma]

I would highly recommend doing better research on the subject. I am running both XP and Ubuntu on one computer. And, I am now using Airlink, 802.11G Wireless PCI Adapter card and drive to run wireless internet on both ( XP and Ubuntu) OS systems. It took me less then 2min to installed in Ubuntu...

[JAMESLARKIN1983]

this is probably an obvious one but i think that you should just get new hardware for what you wanna do, i mean you pay for what you get at the end of the day, and linux is free, they don't have the resources like ms or apple to write every driver for every type of device, i just got myself a thinkpad t40 to test out ubuntu so im in the same boat im quite prepared to get new hardware, it was at the back of my head all along, but i agree it is annoying but theres not much you can do about it.