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#1 2009-10-19 22:53:49

jlacroix
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Need Advice on a Laptop Wireless Card For Arch

I have Arch running on my desktop and I'm loving it. I'm thinking about putting it on my laptop too. The problem there is that my laptop has a Broadcom wireless card that the Linux kernel doesn't recognize by default. The last time I tried to use Arch on my laptop, I had to reinstall the wireless driver every time the kernel was updated.

Is there a internal wireless mini card I can buy and put in my laptop that Arch/Linux will be able to use without compiling anything? I'll buy whatever is needed to replace my Broadcom card and make my Linux experience better if you have any recommendations.

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#2 2009-10-20 03:30:45

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Re: Need Advice on a Laptop Wireless Card For Arch

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless
i'd read through this and look for what cards have the easiest instructions tongue


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#3 2009-10-20 16:30:09

jlacroix
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Re: Need Advice on a Laptop Wireless Card For Arch

mjheagle8 wrote:

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless
i'd read through this and look for what cards have the easiest instructions tongue

Thank you. That link has to do with chipsets, I'm looking for a specific product I can go and buy. It can be an expresscard or integrated. Something that will work out of the box in Arch so I don't have to bother with it whenever I update the kernel.

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#4 2009-10-20 20:06:55

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Re: Need Advice on a Laptop Wireless Card For Arch

http://cgi.ebay.com/Wifi-108Mbps-super- … 27a987d09d

( Wifi 108Mbps super g  Wireless PC Card CardBus Atheros
Model Number: WLG-1103)

I bought one of these about 2 months ago and it works great on my two laptops. Dirt cheap (~10 bucks, no shipping) and no fidgeting involved. Just put it in the card bus thingo, turn on the laptop, it's all good. I think the drivers are in the kernel, as I don't recall installing any driver packages on either laptop at install-time, but I definitely didn't have to do anything manually. Atheros tends to work nicely in linux in my experience, and this is no exception.

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#5 2009-10-21 01:04:26

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Re: Need Advice on a Laptop Wireless Card For Arch

Why buy a new card - doesn't it work with ndiswrapper?


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#6 2009-10-21 01:05:53

jlacroix
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Re: Need Advice on a Laptop Wireless Card For Arch

Thanks for the tip, FrozenFox. I will probably pick one of those up.

Chilibiker, the problem I have with Arch is that when the kernel gets updated I have to reinstall my wireless card driver. If I have a wireless card supported directly by the linux kernel, I won't have to mess with it.

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#7 2009-10-30 01:07:16

brianhanna
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Re: Need Advice on a Laptop Wireless Card For Arch

intel 3945 a/b/g - I was actually able to do a net install over it so it seems well supported.

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#8 2009-10-30 01:13:18

jlacroix
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Re: Need Advice on a Laptop Wireless Card For Arch

Thank you, I'll keep a look out for that one.

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