[RLUG] Linux on a laptop

[Ben Johnson]

> Am I a fluke? I have found that installing ndiswrapper, then installing 
> the MS driver for the card in Linux has never failed to give me complete 
> wireless service under Linux. Wireless IS indispensable, but I've never 
> been without it.

I had a lot of trouble with wireless until I used ndiswrapper.  since I
discovered it, I've used it with a couple cards without any trouble.

Ndiswrapper isn't perfect though.  there's a list of cards it's known to
work with.  One of my cards isn't on the list, and it does cause a crash
every once in a long while.  For the most part though, I'm happy.

then again, I'm happy running dhclient by hand.  ie, I'm not too picky
and know how to make stuff work so I just do it.  and, in my experience
the more automated something is, the more likely it is to be annoying
and difficult to configure.  (read: Windows)  imho, a lack of
convenience is better than being stuck with annoying features.

- Ben