[ale] no 802.11g for Linux?

[Dow Hurst]

Yep, never even thought to check on the wifi coming with it.  We were 
targeting the best 3D we could get on a Dell laptop so since we are 
restricted to Dell when buying computers at KSU, I didn't worry about 
it.  I imagine eventually someone will figure it out and make it 
tuneable in frequency and power so you can tweak your own network of 
these little monster wifi cards.
Dow


Geoffrey wrote:

> Dow Hurst wrote:
>
>> We have a Dell Inspiron 8500 I've been configuring for Linux and this 
>> was a disappointment when the mini-PCI Broadcom card wasn't 
>> recognized.  I went searching and found all this stuff out too.  At 
>> least the wireless isn't needed when using Linux.  The user will just 
>> boot to Windows and collect whatever is needed, reboot to Linux, and 
>> then grab the files off the NTFS partition.  We will try the wireless 
>> later when someone figures it out.  Some people are just getting a 
>> Orinoco Gold WiFi card for $59 and using it instead in their fancy 
>> new Dell laptops.
>
>
> Dow, emperor linux (http://www.emperorlinux.com) sells this same 
> laptop, with the following reference to an internal wifi card:
>
> Add internal 802.11b WiFi card: add $200 (prism2, not the Dell 1180)
>
> So I gather you must have gotten the Dell 1180 internal with yours. :(
>

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