Hero999 said:or (as stated above) a Mac.
Marks256 said:Nigel, is there any chance that you could ban him for a comment like that?
I have had bad experiences with linux. Usually wireless problems.I am eagerly awaiting GooOS (Google OS). It is supposed to be based on linux/unix...
Why do you think a Google branded version might be any better?.
take your copy of windows back for a refund and go grab opensolaris from Sun ...
what is the chipset?Marks256 said:Nigel, is there any chance that you could ban him for a comment like that?
I have had bad experiences with linux. Usually wireless problems.I am eagerly awaiting GooOS (Google OS). It is supposed to be based on linux/unix...
Window$ is fairly good, but they are too paranoid about their stuff.
I get all of my OSes for free, so i really don't have a reason to complain...
ok you have me intreagued now the fact that you have the driver up (so to speak... phrase given when a driver is associated with a piece of hardware AND a network node and is ready for instructions) is EXTREAMLY promosing!!!Marks256 said:I tried it a week and a half ago (since then i formated the HD and put XP Pro on it so i could get some work done...) I used Mepis. I was SOOO close to getting it to work. The wireless drivers worked just fine, but it would not connect to my crap linksys router. It would detect the mac address when scanning for it, but once i tried to connect, then it wouldn't detect the mac address.
Well not really, compiling yourself actually causes more problems (there is no upstream support from GAIM or BMPx for gentoo since we keep pointing out problemscyb0rg777 said:Styx,Gentoo is a pretty advanced system. I didn't like compiling everything from scratch ,but I've heard stuff runs better that way.
There is way more info on linux online than any other system.People are pretty good about helping. I go to www.linuxquestions.org a lot. I highly recommend it.
Was just thinking about my next perl/tk project might be a graphical interface to the p2k programming software for my pickit2. I like to program (even if I'm not very good) but I always have to have something worthwhile.
ok you have me intreagued now the fact that you have the driver up (so to speak... phrase given when a driver is associated with a piece of hardware AND a network node and is ready for instructions) is EXTREAMLY promosing!!!
What exactly failed? could the Mepis WiFi-GUI see your router? was it due to encription (what encription-type are you using!!)
99% of wireless problems with linux is downto not getting drivers (and thus people a halted before bringing the interface up!) you are pass that is this is most definitly fixable.
My initial hunch is the encription setup. Try this: disable encription on your router (only for a short time...) and see if you can connect! (I have a feeling it will connect and thn you can pick up an IP address really easily!)
Then it is just a case of configuring the encription (not as hard)
for the record I actually have a harder time with Windows and wireless then I do with Gentoo, I don't think it is downto experience since while I know my gentoo system inside out I do know my way around windows
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